1 00:00:06,349 --> 00:00:03,849 [Music] 2 00:00:07,249 --> 00:00:06,359 how do you make sense of something you 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:07,259 can't see 4 00:00:12,290 --> 00:00:09,330 this is the electromagnetic spectrum 5 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:12,300 where light travels in waves without it 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:14,910 the world you know could not exist the 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:17,010 human eye can only see this very small 8 00:00:20,870 --> 00:00:18,330 part of the spectrum 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:20,880 called visible light but a whole new 10 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:22,890 universe is revealed by looking through 11 00:00:28,009 --> 00:00:25,470 the infrared infrared light can't be 12 00:00:30,859 --> 00:00:28,019 seen but it can be felt in the form of 13 00:00:33,979 --> 00:00:30,869 heat every objects whether hot or cold 14 00:00:35,930 --> 00:00:33,989 gives off heat special thermal cameras 15 00:00:38,780 --> 00:00:35,940 use colors to show us if something is 16 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:38,790 warm or cold some objects are hot enough 17 00:00:42,740 --> 00:00:40,770 to show visible lights and things that 18 00:00:45,229 --> 00:00:42,750 are too cold to be seen by the naked eye 19 00:00:46,910 --> 00:00:45,239 can let off in infrared such as your 20 00:00:49,190 --> 00:00:46,920 body or this cup of coffee 21 00:00:52,279 --> 00:00:49,200 ir light can be used in very practical 22 00:00:55,310 --> 00:00:52,289 ways longer IR waves can cook your 23 00:00:58,010 --> 00:00:55,320 dinner shorter IR waves that are used in 24 00:01:00,500 --> 00:00:58,020 your TV's remote control and firemen use 25 00:01:02,959 --> 00:01:00,510 IR cameras to see through smoke to find 26 00:01:05,509 --> 00:01:02,969 people trapped in a fire so how does 27 00:01:07,820 --> 00:01:05,519 this apply to a telescope on top of 28 00:01:09,590 --> 00:01:07,830 showing us colder objects infrared 29 00:01:12,590 --> 00:01:09,600 wavelengths can see through large 30 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:12,600 amounts of gas and dust lifting the veil 31 00:01:17,420 --> 00:01:15,210 to what lies on the other side Spitzer 32 00:01:19,850 --> 00:01:17,430 sees objects like exoplanets or the 33 00:01:22,490 --> 00:01:19,860 Milky Way by looking at their infrared 34 00:01:24,740 --> 00:01:22,500 glow from the heat they give off this 35 00:01:28,950 --> 00:01:24,750 gives us the ability to see what is