MIRI

Overview

MIRI, the Mid-Infrared Instrument on JWST, images and takes spectra of cool, dusty, and very distant objects.

Observing bands

Knowledge connections

• Instrument onJames Webb Space Telescope
• ObservesInfrared
• Member of groupImaging Spectrometer

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

• ESAEuropean Space Agency

  European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.