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Astronomers Identify Most Distant Galaxy Using NASA's Telescopes

By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new record for finding the most distant galaxy seen in the universe.

17 Nov 2012

Astronomers Find Evidence for Born-Again Event

Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate our own Solar System faces in a few billion years.

17 Nov 2012

Optical Data Reveals Oxygen, Hydrogen and X-ray Emissions in Planetary Nebula Abell 30

These images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), show one of the clearest views ever obtained of a special phase of evolution for these objects. The inset image on the right is a close-up view of A30 showing X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in purple and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data showing optical emission from oxygen ions in orange.

16 Nov 2012

Hubble Space Telescope and A Cosmic Zoom Lens Uncover Farthest Known Galaxy

By combining the power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and one of nature's zoom lenses, astronomers have found what is probably the most distant galaxy yet seen in the Universe. The object offers a peek back into a time when the Universe was only 3 percent of its present age of 13.7 billion years.

16 Nov 2012

Astronomers Discover Free-Floating Homeless Planet

A planet that is not orbiting a star, effectively making it homeless, has been discovered by a team of University of Montreal (UdeM) researchers working with European colleagues and data provided by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT).

16 Nov 2012

DELTA Optical Thin Film Opens New Online Shop with Celebratory 10% Discount

DELTA Optical Thin Film has opened an online shop to give their expanding customer base easy access and purchase possibilities for linear variable filters and advanced optical filters and components.

From Delta Optical Thin Film A/S 15 Nov 2012

Researchers Demonstrate Optical Boomerangs

Bending light around corners is usually done with mirrors, but now scientists have realized self-bending light beams that propagate along curved paths.

15 Nov 2012

EPFL Scientists Control Caustic Light Patterns and Organize Them into Coherent Images

It's a simple, transparent acrylic plate – nothing embedded within it and nothing printed on its surface. Place it at a certain angle between a white wall and a light source, and a clear, coherent image appears of the face of Alan Turing, the famous British mathematician and father of modern computer science.

14 Nov 2012

New Quantum Mass Fusion Splicer with Automatic and Real-Time Clamp Force Adjustments

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, a major leader in the design and manufacturing of optical fiber and connectivity solutions, today announced the introduction of the Quantum Type-Q101-M12™ Dual-Heater Mass Fusion Splicer, the second splicer launched in its Quantum Splicer product line.

14 Nov 2012

Panasonic to Shoot and Broadcast Total Eclipse with Two Cameras

On the morning of November 14th, 2012, the North of Australia will witness a total solar eclipse. Panasonic, using its HIT(R) solar panels and lithium ion batteries for storage, will produce a live broadcast of this spectacular astronomical phenomenon via USTREAM.

9 Nov 2012