infrared

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Industry analysts say the U.S. is the global market leader in remote-sensing satellites, which use a range of technologies—including optical and infrared sensors, as well as radar and radio waves—to gather data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Thanks to its infrared vision, the telescope will be able to observe light emitted by celestial bodies billions of years ago, effectively looking back in time to hopefully discover more about the two phenomena.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Because the grating strongly concentrates infrared light, this conversion becomes much more efficient.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

This ranges from shapes captured on trails or infrared cameras to a howl or witness testimony, allowing Bigfooters to hypothesise what that means about the beast's "anatomy, behaviour, sociality and levels of intelligence".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Some nearby examples, tens or hundreds of millions of light-years away, are powerful sources of X-rays, infrared radiation and radio waves, have extremely luminous cores and fluctuate in brightness on time scales of weeks.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan