Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...

Researchers have developed a novel experimental platform to measure the electric fields of light trapped between two mirrors with a sub-cycle precision. These electro-optic Fabry-Perot resonators will ...

Evidence suggests ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, may have had early optical knowledge and devices like ...

The Znamya project had the potential to change the world. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an experiment that was ...

CASTT for mirrors, telescopes. In the CASTT project (June 2024 – June 2025), Arceon is working with ESA to demonstrate the use of its C/C-SiC materials in mirror supports for future optical/laser ...

Either way, we need to know more, which is why a lot rests on the shoulders of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), based at the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National ...

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Dark skies in rural areas offer unmatched visibility, perfect for spotting faint planets. 'A space fight starts this month': NASA's SPHEREx to uncover cosmic secrets James Webb missed 'Earth's ...

Credit: NAOJ The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different from those in our Solar System, by piercing through thick cloud ...

The Subaru Telescope in Hawai‘i is adding a new instrument to its arsenal, one that will observe the cosmos through a compound eye. The compound eye will allow Subaru to observe about 2,400 ...

The high-precision observatory consists of four 27-foot-wide (8.2 meters) telescopes that act as one, and has shed light on some of the most mysterious phenomena known to humankind. But the ...

Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the unusual star-forming timeline of dwarf galaxy Leo P. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Kristen McQuinn Most small galaxies that stopped making ...