infrared
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Visible light shows what's happening on a surface, X-rays expose what lies inside, and infrared detects heat being emitted.
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Webb observed it using both near infrared and mid infrared light, uncovering features that were not previously visible.
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Scientists struggled to explain the pattern until Davenport suggested examining observations taken in infrared light instead of visible light.
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"While the changes in the atomic structure are very small, this reaction drastically alters the way these minerals absorb infrared light, which allowed identification of this new mineral on Mars using CRISM."
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But the Houthis had developed a network to track American warplanes with observers, optics and infrared sensors whose intricacy U.S. officials didn’t entirely understand.
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