How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 ...

The latest discovery came unexpectedly during observations of the quasar H1413+117, better known as the Cloverleaf. First detected in 1984 and located about 11 billion light-years away, this ...

Scientists have created eco-friendly “quantum inks” that can replace toxic metals in infrared detectors. The breakthrough ...

Scientists from the University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge, both in the UK, have developed a new method for detecting mid-infrared (MIR) light at room temperature using quantum ...

Using infrared light and machine learning, researchers have developed a method to effectively screen human health and its deviations at a population level. Envision a scenario where a single drop of ...

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, ...

Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. That’s exactly what NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is built to do. Since it launched in ...

Webb has been orbiting more than a million miles from Earth, capturing breathtaking images of deep space. But how does it actually work? This article was originally published at The Conversation. The ...

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