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Mid Infrared Light

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astronomy2 years ago

"Webb Space Telescope Unveils Stunning Views of Massive Star-Forming Complexes"

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of N79, a vibrant star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, offering valuable insights into the early Universe’s star formation processes and chemical compositions. This observation reveals the area’s glowing gas and dust through mid-infrared light, showcasing its efficiency and chemical uniqueness compared to the Milky Way. N79 is a massive star-forming complex, and Webb’s view of it showcases the region’s glowing gas and dust, providing astronomers the opportunity to compare and contrast observations of star formation in N79 with the telescope’s deep observations of distant galaxies in the early Universe.

science-and-technology2 years ago

Revolutionary Technique Enables Detection of Mid-Infrared Light at Room Temperature

Scientists from the University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge have developed a new method called MIR Vibrationally-Assisted Luminescence (MIRVAL) for detecting mid-infrared (MIR) light at room temperature using quantum systems. By converting low-energy MIR photons into high-energy visible photons using molecular emitters, this breakthrough allows scientists to detect MIR and perform spectroscopy at a single-molecule level. The new method has potential applications in gas sensing, medical diagnostics, astronomical surveys, and quantum communication, and could lead to advancements in MIR technologies and the manipulation of molecular quantum systems.