Successfully try the device

A infrared sensor device funded by NASA has been successfully tested. It is believed to help NASA enhance the ability to detect and track comets, asteroids .

Known as NEOCam , this device has been successfully tested in an environment that simulates the temperature and pressure of the deep universe. Zee News said it was designed with significantly higher accuracy and lighter weight to use for telescopes to hunt asteroids in the future.

It is expected that these telescopes will be positioned four times farther away from the Earth and the Moon so that NEOCam can observe objects near Earth (NEO) every day without being clouded and lighted. days of obstruction.

"Infrared sensors are a powerful tool to detect, classify and know 'asteroid' populations , " said Amy Mainzer, principal researcher of NASA's JPL lab.

According to Zee News, NEOCam is a result of nearly 10 years of joint research by JPL scientists, Rochester University and Teledyne image sensor company in Camarillo, California. Detailed information about NEOCam's design and capabilities will be published in the upcoming Optical Engineering magazine ( Optical Engineering ).