Firefly spacecraft provides striking view of Earth on top of Earth
Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...
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Mirror, mirror trap the light: Measuring invisible light waves via electro-optic cavities
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 ...
Greek Reporter4d
Did the Ancient Greeks Have Telescopes?
Evidence suggests ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, may have had early optical knowledge and devices like ...
'It could illuminate an area the size of a football stadium': How Russia launched a giant space mirror in 1993
The Znamya project had the potential to change the world. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an experiment that was ...
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Carbeon C/C-SiC ceramic matrix composites without fiber coating
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 ...
The Mirror25d
Mohamed Salah drops clearest hint yet over Liverpool contract decision
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'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create
The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars. When you purchase ...
London Evening Standard25d
Best telescopes for stargazing in 2025: View the planets and night skies from home
In contrast, reflector telescopes use curved mirrors to reflect light onto the eyepiece. There are pros and cons to both options. Refractors often give brighter and clearer images to users ...
Business Today26d
6 planets parade tomorrow: How to watch, top telescopes, and the best spots in India
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 ...
SciTech Daily28d
James Webb Unveils a Mysterious Planet Unlike Anything in Our Solar System
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 ...
Gizmodo28d
Subaru Telescope’s Insect-Like Compound Eye to Debut in February
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 ...
Space.com28d
World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
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 ...