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NICMOS

(Encyclopedia)NICMOS: see infrared astronomy.

SOFIA

(Encyclopedia)SOFIA: see infrared astronomy.

Cosmic Background Explorer

(Encyclopedia)Cosmic Background Explorer: see infrared astronomy. ...

Kuiper Airborne Observatory

(Encyclopedia)Kuiper Airborne Observatory: see infrared astronomy. ...

Spitzer Space Telescope

(Encyclopedia)Spitzer Space Telescope: see infrared astronomy; observatory, orbiting. ...

Mauna Kea Observatories

(Encyclopedia)Mauna Kea Observatories mouˈnə kāˈə [key], astronomical observatory complex located on Mauna Kea peak, the “white mountain” on the island of Hawaii, at an altitude of more than 13,600 ft (4,1...

Space Infrared Telescope Facility

(Encyclopedia)Space Infrared Telescope Facility: see observatory, orbiting. ...

sun, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Structure of the sun sun, intensely hot, self-luminous body of gases at the center of the solar system. Its gravitational attraction maintains the planets, comets, and other bodies of the sola...

observatory, orbiting

(Encyclopedia)observatory, orbiting, research satellite designed to study solar radiation, electromagnetic radiation from distant stars, the earth's atmosphere, or the like. Because the atmosphere and other aspects...

neutrino astronomy

(Encyclopedia)neutrino astronomy, study of stars by means of their emission of neutrinos, fundamental particles that result from nuclear reactions and are emitted by stars along with light. Approximately 100 billio...