If you're lucky, when you look up at the night sky, you'll see thousands and thousands of points of light. These lights each ...

In recent years, the world of optics has undergone a major shift. New research shows how light can be bent, focused, and even ...

In 2024, the National Science Foundation stated there was only enough money for one giant US telescope. Now the thirty-meter ...

At the American Museum of Natural History here in New York, I had the pleasure of experiencing both at the same time.

Scientists reveal the clearest images of the Sun’s corona using a new adaptive optics system, opening new paths for solar ...

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...

A near-perfect circle in a messy universe is a special find.” With those sentiments, astrophysicist Miroslav Filipović of ...

For most of us, mirrors are something we buy instead of build. However, [Unnecessary Automation] wanted to craft mirrors of his own for a custom telescope build. As it turns out, producing ...

Impact Statement: Inspired by geometric optics, we have shown that arbitrary power splitter for upto 9 modes can be achieved via a T-branch waveguide mirror which consists of a subwavelength nanohole ...

Moved to Boston, where he took a job appraising buildings for an insurance company. Became so fascinated with the buildings’ designs that he decided he would become an architect. Enrolled at the ...

Abstract: In this letter, we demonstrate the limitations for 1 /spl times/ N free space optical switch with a moving macro-lens. We use a deformable mirror to overcome these limitations. The adaptive ...