We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability to map the universe in breathtaking detail. It is set ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in space emit radiation at much longer wavelengths, in the radio portion of the ...

Astronomers using the HARPS planet-hunting machine at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile have made the first-ever direct detection of the spectrum of visible light ...

The Sun emits electromagnetic radiation across a broad spectrum, including visible, infrared, microwave, radio, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths. Visible light, comprising wavelengths ...

On Friday, March 25, the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine held their weekly public program for the month of March: “Unveiling the Invisible Universe.” “‘Unveiling the ...

Infrared radiation (IR), or infrared light, is a type of radiant energy that's invisible to human eyes but that we can feel as heat. All objects in the universe emit some level of IR radiation, but ...