Partner Galaxies Wildly Different In New WISE Image
Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
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Project News
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January 13th, 2011
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies -- a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky star formation. The unlikely pair, named Messier 81 and Messier 82, got to know each other a lot better during an...