NASA Telescopes Reveal an Invisible Infrared Universe

For 40 years, NASA has expanded our view of the universe with space telescopes that detect infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye. Observing the infrared realm helps us study the origins of planets, stars, galaxies, and even the universe itself.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the agency’s latest infrared space telescope, adding new insights to targets first discovered and studied by infrared missions that came before it.
Infrared space telescope missions have built upon one another to reveal stars, galaxies, and all manner of cosmic objects with ever-increasing clarity. Here you will see images from the pioneering Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), launched in 1983, the Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003, and the James Webb Space Telescope, which launched in 2021 and is sending back extremely detailed images today.
For more information about Webb, visit: www.nasa.gov/webb
For more information about Spitzer, visit: www.nasa.gov/spitzer
For more information about IRAS, visit: www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/inf...
Credits: IRAS images: NASA/Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes/UK Science and Engineering Research Council/JPL-Caltech; Spitzer images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC; Webb images: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

[@spinsandneedles]

Incredible! Beautiful work by all the teams involved.

[@wingshighschool-bhainsa8861]

Wonderful!

[@help-someone-in-requirements]

Awesome video JPL/NASA, i like your space telescopes and please innovate rapidly into future. Take care & I really like you and your quality works.

[@gordi02]

So beautiful 🥰

[@markbass_trojanthinking]

🎉and seasonal greetings

[@farrider3339]

Unprecedented achievements 🎉 and mOre to follow Thanks to all of you 😚

[@antonioballatore6774]

Merry Christmas 🎄 Happy New Year ~ JPL ers!!!! Thank you for all you do you Rascals, Love ya: Xoxoxoxoxoox

[@Pottery4Life]

Thank you.

[@Rmm1722]

cool

[@bbbenj]

Amazing 😮

[@Universal-Cosmos]

❤️ Beautiful ❤️

[@gordi02]

I would like to download the pictures galaxy

[@TheStockwell]

These images are in the public domain and can be downloaded from the NASA website. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

[@gordi02]

@@TheStockwell Thank you and kind regards from Europe (Germany)

[@Albert_TwinEinsteinMiko-chan07]

It's so very beautiful 25 meters MUIWAST Space telescope Near IR to Far IR has 6 instruments cooler all of infrared telescopes under 3 kelvin 🎉🎉🎉🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@jasonc8307]

We would like high definition of the moon please. Can you please map it like Google earth? Thanks,

[@kooboos89]

It's already done and accessable from google earth. Mars also.

[@jasonc8307]

@@kooboos89 Link please 🙏

[@MKVideoful]

Using Webb for Moon surface imagery will be worse then already images taken via Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

[@jasonc8307]

@@MKVideoful I'm sorry, what did you say. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131201.html

[@bingeltube]

Disappointing! Old stuff! And the video is way too short!

[@SaneGuyFr]

Can you make a better one?

[@bingeltube]

@@SaneGuyFrnice burp! 🐣

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

All photos being photoshopped too... They can't just release actual photos? Everytime it's painted and detailed just in order to create a stunning photo.

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

I really wish they'd just show the actual photos without an artist rendition. All these photos are essentially fake and photoshopped.

[@SaneGuyFr]

They are not fake, you know nothing about it.

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

@@SaneGuyFr look it up then... If you can't even confirm your denial before commenting that's a 'you' problem

[@SaneGuyFr]

@@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind That doesn't mean it's fake 😂

[@gilbertanderson3456]

The instrument does not take images, it records numbers. The images must be reconstructed from the numbers, by assigning human visible colors to invisible frequencies. Not that difficult to understand.

[@ivanilyich6373]

👶 🧠