First light for the innovative new instrument is anticipated in 2028. Spectre — once operational — will play a key role in ...

“We made so many discoveries, we have changed the view of our galaxy forever,” Dante Minniti, VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) survey project lead and an astrophysicist at Chile’s Universidad ...

An Infrared close object sensor installed on an industrial vehicle detects objects or pedestrians located in a hazardous area. When it detects a problem an audio/visual indicator makes an alert, that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared gaze on the early universe and found something that should not quite ...

Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets even in the dead of night or through heavy fog. Hiding from such detectors could become much easier, thanks to a new ...

A beautiful image of a distant nebula has been captured using the international Gemini Observatory, located in Chile. The image shows the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula, a star-forming region that is one ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will establish an ad-hoc committee to investigate and make recommendations about a space-based telescope's capabilities regarding the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant, ...

Hot bodies, whether human or military vehicles, are hidden by sheet that offers significant improvements over other masks. The "stealth sheet" can hide hot objects like human bodies or military ...

D’oh: simulation of infrared radiation from a heat source being blocked by an object shaped like the head of Homer Simpson (left). The image on the right shows how the proposed cloaking device would ...

(Nanowerk News) Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets even in the dead of night or through heavy fog. Hiding from such detectors could become much easier, ...