Infrared
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope NASA has successfully installed two sunshields onto the inner segment of its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to keep instruments cool and stable during the mission’s exploration of the infrared universe. The sunshields, called Lower Instrument Sun Shade, are lightweight yet stiff panels that will […]
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How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World
How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World NASA’s SPHEREx mission has begun delivering its sky survey data to a public archive on a weekly basis, allowing anyone to use the data to probe the secrets of the cosmos. The mission will map the entire sky in 102 different wavelengths (or […]
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Mosquitoes hunt down humans via infrared
Mosquitoes hunt down humans via infrared Mosquitoes sense infrared from body heat to help track humans down, researchers report. While a mosquito bite is often no more than a temporary bother, in many parts of the world it can be scary. One mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, spreads the viruses that cause over 100,000,000 cases of […]
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