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

With the help of a $33 million contract, U of I engineers with the Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory have created technology to ...

MESSRS. DAVIDSON AND CO. have recently produced a “micro-telescope,” an instrument which is essentially a microscope of ordinary construction carrying a short focus telescope objective and ...

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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 ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun If you’ve ever done any public outreach work for astronomy—if you’ve given ...

Astronomers have now produced the highest resolution direct images ever taken of a supermassive black hole in the infrared, using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer. Active galactic ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen, with features appearing like grains and knots found in a cut of wood. "Once upon a time ...

From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy. Ask an astronomer what the best monocular is for ...

An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: SA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez The James Webb Space ...

Hubble captured an exploding star about 650 million light-years from Earth. The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation ...

Admittedly more experienced microscope users may miss advanced components such as XY stage movement and binocular eyepieces. Furthermore, there is nowhere on the telescope body to store the second ...