Infrared Astronomy
Here There Be Planets: Stellar Disk Gap May Reveal Newborn Worlds
HiCIAO near-infrared image of the protoplanetary disk around PDS 70. The circular mask hides the star itself, as well as…
Giant “Invisible” Vortex Still Remains on Saturn Following Huge Storm
In 2010, a small, bright white storm emerged on Saturn’s northern hemisphere. This storm grew until it wrapped around the…
Canada Unveils its Contributions to the JWST
Today Canada's Minister of Industry Christian Paradis unveiled the technologies that comprise Canada's contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope,…
The Case of the Disappearing Dust
Astronomy has always taught us that planets form from vast clouds of dust and gas orbiting young stars. It's a…
WISE Spies a Hunter’s Flame
A vast star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Orion shines brightly in this image from NASA's WISE…
How to Measure a Hot Jupiter
An international team of astronomers has figured out a way to determine details of an exoplanet's atmosphere from 50 light-years…
Coming Soon: World’s Largest Optical Telescope
[/caption] The world’s largest optical/infrared telescope has been given the initial go-ahead to be built. Called the European Extremely Large…
Herschel Telescope Peers into the Glow of Cygnus X
[/caption] In infrared, Cygnus-X is a glowing star nursery, and the Herschel space observatory has captured this beautiful new view…
Behind the Scenes of SOFIA – The World’s Most Remarkable Observatory
[/caption] One of the most remarkable observatories in the world does its work not on a mountaintop, not in space,…
Spitzer Spots Two Galaxies in One
[/caption] The Sombrero galaxy has a split personalty, according to recent observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Infrared imaging has revealed…