NASA finishes image map of sky

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A NASA project has completed its first infrared-imaging survey of the sky, collecting more than 1 million images, some of which have been posted online.

The NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) -- a telescope launched last December -- has taken six months to use infrared imaging technology to complete a full scan of the sky, covering about 80 percent of it. The data will be released to the astronomical community next May.

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