Infrared

Land and See: Infrared and 3-D Vision Systems Combine to Help Pilots Avoid Crash Landings [Video]

8 Feb 2012

When large airliners approach an airport for a landing, a combination of radio signals and high-intensity lighting shows the pilot exactly where the runway is, even at night or in fog. But millions of people a year fly on smaller commercial planes, many private, that do not have such technology. The pilots of those craft must rely on less sophisticated instruments, along with their cockpit ...

Infrared Sounder on NASA's Suomi NPP Starts its Mission

8 Feb 2012

A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts and our understanding of climate, has started sending its data back to Earth.

The Most Detailed Infrared Image of the Carina Nebula Taken by VLT

8 Feb 2012

Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged. This is one of the most dramatic images ever created by the VLT.