When astronomers study stars and galaxies in visible light, they’re plagued by the dust that fills galaxies and sometimes blocks objects from view. Look at a photograph of the Milky Way on a dark ...

When it comes to appearances, the universe is a tricky place. Visible light occupies merely a sliver of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. To study the cosmos in its entirety, scientists must peer ...

Although your mobile phone might have a high-quality colour screen, it can’t display pictures in both the visible spectrum and other wavelengths of light at the same time. Now, researchers have ...

There’s a vivid world beyond our senses that wildlife knows in ways humans cannot. A hummingbird sees colors that humans can only imagine. Elephants call to each other in bass rumbles too deep for ...