For decades, scientists have tried to peer deep inside the human brain using beams of harmless near-infrared light. The technique, called functional near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, has become a ...

Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...

Both cameras are far more sensitive than the standard cameras used on Earth. NIRCam and MIRI can detect the tiniest amounts ...

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NASA’s SPHEREx observatory, launched on March 11, 2025, has activated its detectors and delivered its first images from space, confirming that the spacecraft is functioning as intended.

The images came from the Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), which has three specialized infrared filters. Infrared light is invisible to the human eye, so the light was mapped onto a visible ...

On Thursday (Sept. 14), scientists presented five new deep-space images captured in a variety of invisible-to-human wavelengths. It's a stunning collection of visuals that reveal some absolutely ...