Set to launch on Dec. 22, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest space observatory in history, and it has an equally gargantuan task: to collect infrared light from the distant corners of ...

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and other Webb instruments have been cooling by radiating their thermal energy into the dark of space for the bulk of the last three months. The near-infrared ...

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) represent a cutting-edge class of devices that have transformed the detection of extremely weak light signals. Operating at cryogenic ...

— Northrop Grumman engineers have made improvements in cryocooler technology that company officials say will improve the efficiency and sensitivity of future space telescopes and sensors. In tests ...

Free-piston cryocoolers from Sunpower, Inc., a business of AMETEK, Inc., deliver the performance needed for efficient single-photon emission while still fitting inside a standard rack-mounted module ...