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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Have you ever gazed at the vastness of the stars and wondered what else your CNC machine can create? Greg Green had the opportunity to find out when he joined the staff at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) in Waimea, Hawaii. Read on to find out what happened.
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NASA Spinoff: Design
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope pushed optical modeling capabilities, driving advances in software used to design medical and augmented reality devices.
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Briefs: Imaging
The "AOM" performs complex observations with ten observation modes and 175 strategies.
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Articles: Design
The Las Cumbres Observatory relied on Pilz to develop safety systems for its automated telescopes. In addition to protecting people, a safety system is needed to help protect equipment in case of a malfunction.
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Briefs: Materials
A new thermal control coating material, developed for use as a coating or rigid tiles, reflects essentially all solar radiation in the space environment.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Using a new fabrication method, researchers developed a single-lens telescope and captured clear images of the lunar surface — achieving greater resolution of objects and much farther imaging distance than previous metalenses.
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Briefs: Imaging
Nearly 20 tons of extremely pure borosilicate glass made by Ohara Corporation in Japan are becoming a honeycomb mirror measuring 27.6 feet across.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.
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Articles: Imaging
It began full scientific operations July 11, following six months of instrumentation cool-down, calibration, and other commissioning activities.
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Application Briefs: Imaging
"Early detection of a NEO headed for Earth would give us sufficient time to deflect the threat."
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Application Briefs: Imaging
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) continues to enable exciting scientific advances that help us better understand the universe.
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NASA Spinoff: Photonics/Optics
Eye surgery patients on Earth are benefiting from early research on the NASA’s James Webb Telescope’s enormous mirrors.
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Articles: Power
As advancements in space exploration continue, more funding will not only help achieve scientific goals but also inspire the next generation of leaders in STEM, just as it did during the 1960s.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
With advanced tech, mirrors can be made with high accuracy.
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Articles: Propulsion
With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), mankind’s understanding of the universe — and its origins — will increase exponentially.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The "AOM" performs complex observations with ten observation modes and 175 strategies.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Holographic lenses render visible and infrared starlight into either a focused image or a spectrum.
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Briefs: Aerospace
At 3 p.m. on March 5, a gigantic furnace slowly started spinning underneath the stands of Arizona Stadium at the University of Arizona. Fire-engine red, massive in size...
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Briefs: Imaging
NASA's NEID tool delivered its first batch of data on the nearest and best-studied star, our Sun.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The design may enable miniature zoom lenses for drones, cellphones, or night-vision goggles.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The Earth Imaging Spectrometer instrument is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
Once installed at Las Campanas Observatory in the Chilean Andes, the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will introduce incredible opportunities for astrophysics.
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Technology Leaders: Photonics/Optics
Highly technical glass-ceramic delivers optical precision at nanometer scale.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
NASA and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) recently tested a new way to see the Sun
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NASA Spinoff: Electronics & Computers
Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.
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Articles: Nanotechnology
The characteristics of hybrid drives present a practical solution when a position needs to be detected with high precision
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have been working with HiPERCAM, a high-speed, multicolor camera, which is capable of taking more than 1,000 images per...
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Application Briefs: Nanotechnology
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii Island is surrounded by thousands of miles of thermally stable seas. The 13,796-foot Maunakea mountain summit has no nearby ranges to roil the upper...
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