Searching in the dark
10 April 2019
Jessica Rowbury looks at the latest research in the hunt for dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries in physics
Astronomy
Mimicking dark matter with non-linear optics
4 March 2019
Humberto Michinel and Ángel Paredes at the Optics Laboratory of the University of Vigo in Ourense, Spain, discuss optical approaches to studying ‘hidden’ energy
Hawaii Supreme Court permits construction of Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea
7 November 2018
The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be permitted to continue on Mauna Kea
NASA laser interferometer makes first measurements
11 July 2018
The laser ranging interferometer (LRI) instrument has been successfully switched on aboard the recently launched twin US/German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites
Astronomy on a chip
29 June 2018
Professor Dr Martin Roth, at research centre Innofspec Potsdam, discusses the role that fibre Bragg gratings and other photonics components could play in transforming astronomy
Optics in astronomy: Evolution of the eye on the sky
30 April 2018
The stringent requirements for ground and space-based telescopes are driving the development of innovative materials and optical systems, Matthew Dale reports
UK Space Agency and OpTIC centre launch entrepreneur space programme
25 January 2018
The UK Space Agency is working with Glyndŵr University’s OpTIC Technology Centre and the SETsquared Partnership to launch an entrepreneurial programme to get more entrepreneurs into space
ESO signs contract with Toptica for ELT laser sources
4 January 2018
German photonics firm Toptica has signed an updated contract with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) for the production of four more lasers to be used in the adaptive optics system of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)
VLT exoplanet spectrograph makes first observations
7 December 2017
The Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO) has made its first observations. Installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, ESPRESSO will search for exoplanets by looking at the minuscule changes in the light of their host stars.
Casting begins for fifth mirror of Giant Magellan Telescope
14 November 2017
Casting has begun for the fifth mirror of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), a 24.5-metre near infrared and visible telescope comprising seven 8.4-metre mirror segments
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