A conversation about NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and the Echelon-Cross-Echelle Spectrograph (EXES) science instrument with Matthew Richter, Principle Investigator, and Edward Montiel, Postdoctoral...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will capture the equivalent of 100 high-resolution Hubble images in a single shot, imaging large areas of the sky more than 1,000 times faster than Hubble. In several months,...

A rerun of a conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, project scientist for SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.

Black holes, star births and deaths, colliding galaxies and more -- all in a day's work at the VLA



The Very Large Array, or VLA, is a complex of 27 massive antennas on the Plains of San Agustin in central New Mexico,...

In this full-lecture video, we discuss the theory, contraindications/precautions, specific uses, and techniques by which we can apply heat as a therapeutic modality along with any relevant associated parameters.

The James Webb Space Telescope is going to open a new window into the universe. It will show us stars, galaxies, planets, and other objects as we’ve never seen them before. In the first of four episodes of our mini-series, we focus on...

Recently NASA launched a large, powerful telescope into space, where scientists hope it will help them learn more about the origins of the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to study invisible light waves, which will...

A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 5, 2017.

In this video, we discuss the specific uses and techniques by which we can apply heat as a therapeutic modality along with any relevant associated parameters.

A superhero team of space telescopes has been working tirelessly to discover exoplanets and unveil their secrets. Now, a new superhero joins the team—the James Webb Space Telescope. What will it find?



Over the past...

What do night vision, thermal imaging and remote controls have in common? This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to understand way. In each episode...

A conversation with Alan Rhodes, instrument development manager for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and Harvey Moseley a senior astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space...

This video is a lecture presentation on the emission and absorption of infrared radiation or IR. The presenter walks the viewer through an experiment to compare the effectiveness of four different surfaces as emitters of infrared...

NASA spacecraft deliver stunning visual imagery of the cosmos, but we can also experience that data by turning it into sound.

Soon to be operating from the International Space Station, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission will comprehensively measure the mineral composition of Earth’s mineral dust source regions to help...

Farmers rely on the accuracy of a crucial NASA and USGS mission, Landsat, to make decisions about crops. Those decisions have far-reaching implications that can impact what you see on your dinner plate!

A new technology under development could potentially protect tanks from heat-seeking missiles. The technology, developed by boffins at Britain's BAE, involves hexagonal plates on the tank's exterior that would allow the operator to...

A conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, Project Scientist for SOFIA at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.

A conversation with James De Buizer, the science planning and instrument support manager for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy or SOFIA.

Infrared can be divided into three separate categories - near, mid, and far, and even though we can't see it, in some cases we can detect it. Many things, including people and planets, emit infrared. We also use it to transmit...

How does NASA "see" thermal radiation? This video explores what infrared energy is and how NASA detects it to study our Earth's systems more completely. Satellite measurements over time allow scientists to study seasonal changes in...

The Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS) is one of the instruments on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite. It will continue the archive of thermal imaging and support emerging applications such as evapotranspiration rate...

A team from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is developing a new, third-generation facility science instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA.



The High...

About 1 million miles away from the nearest eye surgeon, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be able to perfect its own vision while in orbit.



Though the Webb telescope will focus on stars and galaxies...