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

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

Recent observations of infrared and microwave emission from ... This rapidly developing field of astronomy promises to contribute significantly to our understanding of the formation and evolution ...

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

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

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.

Key Takeaways Infrared IR waves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum crucial for various applications by detecting thermal energy emitted by objects IR sensors can be classified as active emitting ...

The project, which gave astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects, ended its mission and re-entered the atmosphere ...

NASA's Great Observatories—the Hubble, Spitzer, Compton, and Chandra space telescopes—have revealed some amazing things about the universe. In addition to some of the deepest views of the universe ...