The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavor by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

Although its mission is over, NEOWISE still has much to share with the astronomical community, including these stunning new ...

The mid-infrared light image shows astronomical features that can’t be seen with visible light cameras or in previous ...

The teams behind two potential new space telescopes have embarked on their final design studies as they go head-to-head to ...

These are just a few of the questions that can now be addressed in a new era of infrared observations. IR astronomy has been revolutionised over the past few years by the widespread availability of ...

The success of radio astronomy—due in large part to the invention of the transistor in 1947—encouraged scientists to look for other invisible sources of energy, such as infrared light.

Its work will be led by the US National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) in Tucson, Arizona; and by the Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO) in Manchester ...

Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific ...

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