Infrared Astronomy
Rise of the Super Telescopes: The James Webb Space Telescope
The eagerly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope will be the first of the Super Telescopes to start work.
Stars Are The Universe’s Neat Freaks
A recently released catalogue showing the results of a Herschel survey has revealed how stars have cleaned the universe over…
Behold The Distant Universe!
At the annual National Astronomy Meeting, members of the Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) team shared images that are the deepest…
Very Large Telescope Images Of Jupiter Prepare Us For Juno Arrival
In preparation for Juno's arrival at Jupiter, a team from the European Southern Observatory is creating a breathtaking infrared map…
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…
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…
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,…
Top 10 Really Cool Infrared Images from Spitzer
[/caption] The Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is a cool camera, no matter what temperature in which it…
New Image Shows Beautiful Violence in Centaurus A
[/caption] The mysterious galaxy Centaurus A is a great place to study the extreme processes that occur near super-massive black…
Zoom Into the Entire Infrared Sky from WISE
[/caption] Love all the great things you can see in infrared? Then zoom on into the big view of the…