... Comet Garradd Passes Ten Thousand Stars . ... Herschel is named for German-born British astronomer Frederick William Herschel who discovered infrared light over 200 years ago. M27: Not a Comet . ... These rare long clouds may form near advancing cold fronts. ... This cosmic snapshot composed with image data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite captures a multitude of faint stars and distant galaxies toward the constellation Lyra at wavelengths longer than visible light. ...