It is 20 years ago this year that Europe, in collaboration with the United States, launched the first infrared observatory into space. Its infrared powers revealed a secret universe that, to this day, ...

How does one chart the universe when the entire observable part of it lies hidden behind dust and the glow of distant ...

NASA has just turned the entire sky into a kind of infrared rainbow, capturing it in 102 distinct colors that reveal ...

NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory maps the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, enabling 3D galaxy distribution studies, cosmic ...

Marcia Rieke is an infrared astronomer and the principal investigator who designed the near-infrared camera (NIRcam) for the James Webb space telescope. The Daily Wildcat sat down with Rieke to ...

The Universe is full of radiation of all types but most of this does not reach us here on Earth because our atmosphere blocks out many wavelengths of radiation, but lets others through. Fortunately ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

Composite image of dwarf galaxy Markarian 71, 11 million light years from Earth. Optical and infrared observations of Mrk71 resolve a question about two methods used to measure the composition of ...

The telescope 'time machine' will deliver 13.5 billion years of cosmic history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The newest deep ...

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies — and increasingly by commercial companies — are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade ...

SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) was an airborne observatory, utilizing a 2.5-meter telescope aboard a modified Boeing 747SP, designed to conduct infrared astronomical ...

When you look at the night sky, do you ever wonder what's going on out there? On a clear night with a dark sky, if moonlight doesn't wash it out, sometimes you can see the arc of the Milky Way. The ...