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Fujitsu Develops Technology to Enhance Comprehensive Testing of Java Programs
Student-to-student interaction will help build Indo-Pak relationship
NASAs little telescope detects Earth-like planet
NASAs WISE eyes spot near-Earth asteroid
Moral psychology study sheds light on the origin of religion
A new moral psychology research has offered more insight into the origins of religion. ANI
New study examines non-specific chest pain
A new German study has examined the course and treatment of non-specific (unexplained) chest pain. ANI
Gastric banding surgery can effectively treat obesity in teens: Study
A new study has shown that laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery can effectively treat obesity in adolescents and seems to offer a better alternative than gastric bypass surgery. ANI
NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is all set to start its hunt for stealth asteroids.
London, November 27 : NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is all set to start its hunt for stealth asteroids.
According to a report in New Scientist, WISE, which headed to the launch pad last week, will map the entire sky in infrared.
It will spot everything from nearby cool, failed stars to intense, 10-billion-year-old starburst galaxies.
The telescope will also be able to distinguish objects like asteroids and comets from more distant stars.
WISE is expected to find about 100,000 new asteroids in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and hundreds of asteroids that pass close to Earth.
It will be especially good at seeing dark objects that are nearly impossible to find using existing ground-based telescopes, as the objects radiate heat that WISE will see.
The telescope will also be able to spot Jupiter-sized objects up to 60,000 astronomical units away.
The distribution of comet paths has suggested that a very large planet could be lurking at 25,000 AU, according to WISE project scientist Peter Eisenhardt of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
WISE will be looking for it.
ANI
