New imaging device is flexible, flat, transparent, and disposable
An Austrian research team has developed an entirely new way of capturing images based on a flat, flexible, transparent, and…
New optics capture exoplanet 63 million light years distant
New optical technology has allowed an international team of astronomers to obtain images of the exoplanet known as Beta Pictoris…
Atomic spin captured in image
The use of atomic spin to create nanoscale magnetic storage devices – a research field known as spintronics – is…
Exoplanets galore! Four distant planets imaged
A team of astronomers using the Keck and Gemini North telescopes in Hawaii have managed to image three planets in…
Polarization Technique Used To “See” Exoplanet
For the first time, astronomers have been able to detect and monitor the reflected visible light that is scattered in…
Exoplanet Imager Takes Shape
NASA researchers have customized a space telescope with special masks and mirrors which they believe could allow it to take…
Single Pixel Camera Snaps High-Res Images
Researchers from Rice University have created a digital camera that uses a single-pixel sensor and hundreds-of-thousands of tiny mirrors to…
Giant Parasol To Help Image Distant Planets
Astronomers could soon be using a gigantic space-parasol to block out starlight that interferes with the view of planets in…
Thermal Imaging Reveals A Changing Mars
The first overview analysis of a year’s worth of high-resolution infrared data gathered by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)…