#infrared astronomy

All articles tagged with "infrared astronomy"

This artist's concept depicts NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor (NEO Surveyor) in deep space (Credit : NASA/JPL Caltech)

NASA’s NEO Surveyor Is Being Built to Find the Asteroids Earth Still Misses

NASA’s dedicated asteroid-hunting space telescope is being assembled for a planned September 2027 launch, aiming to find dark and sun-hidden near-Earth objects that ground-based surveys often miss.

Key Takeaways

NASA’s NEO Surveyor is being assembled for a planned September 2027 launch.
The mission will detect asteroids by infrared heat rather than reflected light.

DT Editorial Team·May 8, 2026·via universetoday.com

Infrared Tracking Points Milky Way Gas Clouds Back to a Violent Binary Star System

Astronomers studying three unusual gas clouds near Sagittarius A* say their nearly identical orbits likely share a common origin, with new observations tracing them back to a massive contact binary star system.

Key Takeaways

Three unusual gas clouds near Sagittarius A* appear to share nearly identical orbits.
Researchers traced those orbits back to the massive contact binary IRS 16SW.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 24, 2026·via universetoday.com

James Webb reveals young stars hidden inside the W51 star-forming complex

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of W51 are exposing previously hidden young stars and the gas-and-dust structures around them in unusually fine detail.

Key Takeaways

JWST studied the star-forming region W51.
The observations revealed previously hidden stars.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 2, 2026·via space.com