Archive New Adventures in Infrared Astronomy You will need free Real Player to listen. Infrared astronomy has made great advances in the last few years. Infrared astronomers use heat sensors to observe the Universe. Atmospheric obscurations means infrared telescopes must be sent into space. Chameleon clouds and brown dwarfs.
Spectrometers divide light into different colours and wavelengths.
Jets from a star being born. A complex spectrum and the Cosmic Background Explorer. Follow the evolution of stars and galaxies.