Utah-made satellite makes pioneering observations

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LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A NASA satellite made in Utah has discovered millions of black holes and 1,000 examples of a violent phenomenon that produces some of the brightest objects in the universe.

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite spent more than a year mapping the sky in the infrared range, a wavelength invisible to the human eye.

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