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New Method Helps Identify the Contributors and Origins of Stray Light on Space Telescopes

A team of researchers at the Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL) of the University of Liège has just developed a method to identify the contributors and origins of stray light on space telescopes.

20 May 2021

New Tactics to Illuminate Gravitational Waves and Dark Matter

Astronomers are finding ways for smart alternatives to keep answering basic questions in physics after experiencing the devastating loss of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and the usually prohibitive cost of satellite missions.

19 Apr 2021

New Metamaterial Tiles Improve Sensitivity of Telescopes

New metamaterial tiles designed by a multi-institutional research team will help enhance the sensitivity of telescopes that are being constructed at the distinguished Simons Observatory in Chile.

27 Jan 2021

$Speciality Prisms for Cryogenic Measurements of Refractive Index for ESO ELT’s Spectrograph - HARMONI$

Speciality Prisms for Cryogenic Measurements of Refractive Index for ESO ELT’s Spectrograph - HARMONI

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 7 Jan 2021

Gamers Pave the Way for Million Dollar Grant for Telescope ‘Brain’ Upgrade

A new $1 million Federal Government grant to Curtin University will enable a major upgrade to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), giving the giant radio telescope even greater power to read and process signals captured from distant outer space.

10 Dec 2020

Imaging Venus with a Scientific SWIR Camera

Quantum Design UK and Ireland (QDUKI), distributor of high-tech scientific research instrumentation is the exclusive authorised channel sales partner of Raptor Photonics products for the UK and Ireland.

From Raptor Photonics Limited 9 Sep 2020

CSIRO’S Parkes Radio Telescope Added to National Heritage List

The iconic Parkes radio telescope, otherwise known as The Dish, has been officially recognised for its contribution to Australian astronomy and humankind’s understanding of the Universe with its addition to the National Heritage List.

10 Aug 2020

Demanding Telescope Spectrograph Optics

Benefiting from a unique facility, where temperatures remain constant year-round and vibration is practically non-existent, Optical Surfaces Ltd is able to routinely produce and test demanding telescope spectrograph optics (aspheres, flats, lenses, mirrors and prisms) that stretch the limits of conventional optical fabrication techniques.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 7 Jan 2020

Telescopes and Satellites Combine to Map Entire Planet’s Ground Movement

Curtin University research has revealed how pairing satellite images with an existing global network of radio telescopes can be used to paint a previously unseen whole-of-planet picture of the geological processes that shape the Earth’s crust.

22 Nov 2019