Infrared Astronomy
NASA’s Says Goodbye to its Asteroid-Hunting NEOWISE Mission
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), launched in 2009, spent the next fourteen and half years studying the Universe in…
Astronomers Propose a 14-Meter Infrared Space Telescope
The Universe wants us to understand its origins. Every second of every day, it sends us a multitude of signals,…
Webb Sees a Galaxy Awash in Star Formation
Since it began operations in July 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has fulfilled many scientific objectives. In addition…
A Solo Brown Dwarf Found With Auroras
Astronomers have used JWST to find a brown dwarf with polar auroras like the Earth, or Jupiter. This is surprising…
Why Was it Tricky to Know the Distances to Galaxies JWST Was Seeing?
One of the chief objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to study the formation and evolution of…
JWST Reveals a Newly-Forming Double Protostar
As our newest, most perceptive eye on the ongoing unfolding of the cosmos, the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing…
JWST Sees Four Exoplanets in a Single System
When the JWST activated its penetrating infrared eyes in July 2022, it faced a massive wish-list of targets compiled by…
We Should Be Looking for Small, Hot Dyson Spheres
A new study recommends looking for Dyson Spheres that are smaller, orbit closer to their suns, and might still be…
The Seasons on Saturn are Changing. It's Time to Say Goodbye to Its North Pole for a Few Years
Just like Earth, Saturn goes through seasons because of its axial tilt. But a year on Saturn lasts 30 Earth…
Twinkling Stars Supply the Dust That Leads to Life
A team of Japanese astronomers has found a connection between the dustiness of Red Giant stars and changes in their…