Pillars of Creation (M16) for Chandra's 25th Anniversary (Chandra/Webb composite) This region of star formation contains the Pillars of Creation, which was made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away.

A new NASA mission will scan the entire sky in infrared light in search of nearby cool stars, planetary construction zones and the brightest galaxies in the universe. Called the Wide-field Infrared ...

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint program by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, achieved a major milestone May 26, with its first in-flight night observations.

Although it completed its mission in July, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) still has interesting archival data covering the solar system thanks to the team at ...

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NASA's SOFIA ( Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) has captured gorgeous snapshots of the infrared universe for around eight years now. But alas, it will finally rest its wings. The ...

NASA's newly-launched SPHEREx space telescope will offer a complementary 'panoramic' view to the JWST's high resolution infrared snapshots, enabling astronomers to study some of the universe's biggest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has been snapping gorgeous pictures of deep space for a year now. The telescope uses infrared light, allowing it to peer past clouds of dust and gas in deep space. Webb ...

The NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument imaged low-light emissions of an aurora in the night sky over western Canada. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...