James Webb Space Telescope: What is infrared light?
The new super space telescope, James Webb, will view the cosmos in infrared light. But why? Amber Straughn is the Webb deputy project scientist for communications at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center. She explains the importance of being able to detect objects at wavelengths of light longer than we can sense with our eyes.
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