by Astrobites | Oct 16, 2022 | Guides
We’ve updated and expanded our “Guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum”! Read on to learn about all the different flavors of light in the Universe, where this light comes from, and how we can detect it.
by Sumeet Kulkarni | Sep 28, 2022 | Current Events
NASA’s SOFIA mission, an infrared telescope aboard a Boeing 747SP that helped discover the universe’s oldest molecule and found water on the sunlit surface of the Moon, is preparing to fly for one last time tonight.
by H Perry Hatchfield | Aug 7, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries
In the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097, there’s more to the magnetic field than meets the eye.
by Astrobites | Nov 5, 2018 | Undergraduate Research
This month’s undergraduate research post features a student who developed a procedure to help reduce image blurriness in specialized infrared detectors designed to find near-Earth asteroids. Read on to find out more!
by Matthew Green | Aug 8, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
The discovery of a bright, dusty galaxy at high redshift and what it might tell us about similar galaxies at that distance.
by Adele Plunkett | Jul 20, 2012 | Daily Paper Summaries
The well-known constellation Taurus is home to many young stars, and the details of star formation are explained by observing far-infrared radiation from several of these objects with the Herschel space observatory.