10 November 2017
CubeSat mission to measure water on the Moon
...would include a multi-band spectrometer to look at multiple wavelengths instead of just the one. “Understanding volatiles in the ...all chemical compounds, water absorbs light at specific infrared wavelengths – in this case, 1.6 and 3.0 microns — and...
29 July 2020
Puzzling new gas signatures found on Mars
... spectrum they were found. “They lie over the exact wavelength range where we expected to see the strongest signs of...ozone in the infrared. “This is the first time ozone on Mars has been identified in this part of the infrared wavelength range,” adds ...
30 November 2015
“Alien Megastructure” Star's Dimming was Possibly Caused by Comets
... in January 2015 by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which is optimized for observation in infrared wavelengths. Simply put, when dust warms up, it emits infrared light, so an infrared signal coming from KIC 8462852 would points to quite a lot of dust...
26 May 2016
Are primordial black holes the source of dark matter?
...used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to explore the background glow of infrared light in the Universe and noted that the glow in the ... and ultraviolet light would now be stretched to infrared wavelengths and would therefore not contribute to the CXB ...
23 March 2018
ESA selects ARIEL to look closely at exoplanets
... (ESA) has selected the Atmospheric Remote‐sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large‐survey mission, otherwise known as ARIEL...class telescope that looks at the molecules in visible and infrared wavelengths, but more exotic compounds will also be measured so...
13 February 2024
Thales Alenia Space to provide comms for planetary defence mission
... its five-year primary mission. From this location, NEO Surveyor will view the solar system in infrared wavelengths – light that is invisible to the human eye and mostly blocked by the Earth’s atmosphere. By using two heat...
