Adaptive optics drive ground-based space discoveries
27 February 2020
Keely Portway looks at how adaptive optics have allowed ground-based telescopes to observe new phenomena, including finer details of the Sun
Astronomy
Ning Wang, the study’s lead author, and Professor Mona Jarrahi working on the terahertz detector setup. (Image: UCLA Engineering)
New terahertz detector could observe galaxies in unprecedented detail
17 July 2019
Researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive light-detecting system that could enable astronomers to view galaxies, stars and planetary systems in unprecedented detail
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Optical Metrology for Large Space and Terrestrial Telescope Optics
17 June 2019
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Measurement of large optics require metrology systems that can function despite vibration, turbulence and other challenges.Laser interferometry is used throughout the manufacturing of large optics to ensure conformance to demanding design specifications. More recently, “dynamic interferometry” has been implemented for vibration-insensitive measurement of large optics.
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
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
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