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Australia's powerful new infrared telescope to hunt for elusive cosmic events
Jeff Spry
May 30, 2020
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Outsmart The Predator’s thermal vision with cutting edge infrared camouflage
Adam Pockross
Mar 5, 2020
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Yo, I heard you like galaxy collisions so I put a galaxy collision in your galaxy collision
Phil Plait
Feb 7, 2020
NGC 4490, a galaxy bursting with star formation after a recent close encounter with a smaller galaxy. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgements: D. Calzetti (UMass) and the LEGUS Team, J. Maund (University of Sheffield), and R. Chandar (University of To
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Good night, Spitzer Space Telescope
Phil Plait
Jan 31, 2020
Artwork of Spitzer Space Telescope against a background of the sky seen in infrared. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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A little red and green for the holiday: RCW 120, a huge shell of gas from a runaway star
Phil Plait
Dec 26, 2019
The huge shell of gas and dust that make up RCW 120, seen here in the far infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GLIMPSE-MIPSGAL Teams
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Jupiter is still *really* weird: A new monster storm has formed around its south pole
Phil Plait
Dec 16, 2019
A thermal infrared image of Jupiter’s south pole in November 2019 reveals six cyclones surrounding a central cyclone; just two years before there were only five (the new one is to the lower right). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM
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M81: Spiraling dusty galactic heat
Phil Plait
Oct 18, 2019
The nearby spiral galaxy M81 seen in three infrared colors by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Reassessing an irregular spiral: A spectacular image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Phil Plait
Oct 4, 2019
The Tarantula Nebula in infrared isn’t quite as showy as it is in visible light, but it’s still impressive. Credit: ESO/VMC Survey
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Scientists think they've figured out how to give humans infrared vision like The Predator
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 1, 2019
The Predator
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Pale, dusty dots
Phil Plait
Jan 11, 2019
A map of the sky using the far-infrared observatory Herschel; every dot you see in this image is a distant galaxy. Credit: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE; M. W. L. Smith et al 2017
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Fly over Jupiter's north pole in a 3D thermal infrared tour
Phil Plait
Apr 12, 2018
Jupiter’s north pole looks like a thick cheesy pizza in this 3D rendering of the clouds using a thermal infrared mapper on the Juno spacecraft (deeper air is warmer and glows more brightly than cooler air higher up).
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Biohackers trying to modify the human eye to see infrared spectrums
Trent Moore
Sep 12, 2014
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Spotting Betelgeuse
Phil Plait
Jan 12, 2010
An image of the star Betelgeuse taken in the infrared with the Infrared Optical Telescope Array reveals two huge hot spots on the surface. Credit: Haubois et al.
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