テスト飛行中のNASAの“空飛ぶ望遠鏡”（2010年4月撮影）。13年に及ぶ計画・開発プロセスを経て、5月26日、ボーイング747ジャンボジェットを改造して生まれた最新型飛行天文台が初めてその“赤外線の目”を開いた。遠赤外線天文学成層圏天文台（SOFIA ...

An international team led by the Universities of Geneva (UNIGE) and Montreal published the first results today from the NIRPS spectrograph installed on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

"Astronomers have been studying the heavens for thousands of years, but until recently much of the cosmos has been invisible to the human eye. Launched in 2003, the Spitzer Space Telescope has brought ...

Cheaper, larger and better infrared detectors grown on silicon wafers could give more scientists access to infrared astronomy and further spur the hunt for exoplanets and the study of the universe’s ...

As NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft embarked on its final flight on Thursday, the US space agency shared a small breathtaking collection of some of the cosmic ...

NASAが新たに開発した遠赤外線天文学成層圏天文台（SOFIA：Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy）によるM42オリオン星雲の中赤外線画像（右）。ボーイング747-SPの改造機に搭載されており、同様の観測は地上や宇宙空間からではまだ不可能だ。例えば、SOFIAの ...

"... organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the Universidad Internacional Menéndez-Pelayo"--Pref. NASM copy no. 39088007767478 has bookplate ...

The SETI Institute has a rich and deep history of delivering quality educator professional development. The Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) program has capitalized on access to NASA astronomy ...

The Atacama desert is a hotspot for astronomy. With its dry thin air and lack of light pollution, it's a perfect place for some of the world's largest and most accurate telescopes. Several of these ...