Infrared

From the design of the spacecraft to launch and operation - the journey is long. Key components of NASA's SPHEREx instrument, designed to investigate important questions about the universe, now in its more realized state. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's SPHEREx Satellite: Exploring the Universe in 102 Infrared Colors 

"This is the first mission to view the entire sky in so many colors," said Jamie Bock, principal investigator of SPHEREx, which operates jointly at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Caltech.
From left to right: Jingle Liu, Xi-Cheng Zhang, Jianming Dai. Credit: Rensselaer/Daria Robbins

Breakthrough in remote sensing of hidden explosives

The spiral galaxy IC 342. Photo: WISE Space Telescope

The hidden galaxy