15K views · 136 reactions | What might an infrared telescope capture if it could look at your jack-o-lantern?  NEO Surveyor, which will see in infrared wavelengths to identify potentially hazardous near-Earth objects (and not scary space pumpkins!), is currently being built at JPL. Watch live in our 24/7 clean room cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qIT8Eljsy4 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Facebook

220K views · 371 shares | Tonight, the flying SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy telescope will observe the shadow cast when Saturn's moon Titan passes in front of a distant star in an eclipse-like event, giving scientists a chance to study the moon's atmosphere. Details: https://go.nasa.gov/2L12Bdi | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

19K views · 589 reactions | A mosaic of the Orion A molecular cloud (home to the Orion Nebula) has been created using the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Video from ESO Astronomy https://goo.gl/tU3Nuy | Space.com | Facebook