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August 2004
Ben Ames |
Astronomers Need Adaptive Optics for 30-Meter Telescope Space-based telescopes do not have to use adaptive optics to correct for peering through the Earth's atmosphere; the biggest advances in space-telescope technology come from the mirrors, which rely on near-perfect calibration and lightweight materials to catch maximum radiation.   |
Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
The 5 Most Powerful Telescopes, and 5 That Will Define the Future of Astronomy Today's best telescopes are astounding feats -- and astronomers are improving them constantly. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Jean Kumagi |
Space Mountain Sitting on a high, arid plateau in the Chilean Andes, a new telescope known as the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) -- the largest submillimeter radio telescope now operating in the southern hemisphere -- officially opened for business in late September |
Wired
November 2002
Richard Martin |
The Planet Seekers Giant ground-based telescopes and adaptive optics have brought a new age in astronomy. Now the field's brightest stars are racing to take the first photograph of another world. |
Scientific American
September 2008
Mark Wolverton |
Digital Upgrades for a Radio Astronomy Revolution Using more sophisticated computers and electronics will vastly increase the resolution, sensitivity and data capacity of the Very Large Array telescope |
Searcher
September 2011
David Mattison |
Searching for the Stars: Cosmic Views and Databases While amateur astronomers continue to play an important role in the field and are supported by numerous clubs, associations, and their peers, I have primarily examined resources originating from government and academic research environments. |
Popular Mechanics
September 18, 2008
Paul Tolme |
High in Andes, World's Next Super Scope Takes Shape: First Look High-tech teams from across the globe are racing to 16,000 ft. in the Chilean Andes to erect ALMA, which will become this planet's largest and most advanced radio telescope when it's completed in 2012. |
Chemistry World
July 23, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Telescope detects ionised carbon in early galaxies An international team of radio astronomers has detected the first faint trace of ionized carbon in the early universe. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004
John Keller |
Adaptive Optics Blends the Best of Electronic and Optoelectronic Technologies This approach uses deformable mirrors, MEMS, or liquid-crystal technologies to adjust for optical distortion in the atmosphere, which yields a new level of focus and resolution to high-energy lasers, deep-space exploration, and perhaps even eye surgery. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2010
Bikkannavar & Redding |
Software for Optical Systems Spells the End of Blur NASA software that calculates optical aberrations will sharpen images from space and could redefine perfect vision for humans |
Scientific American
December 2005
W. Wayt Gibbs |
Breaking the Mold As the glass cools on his latest giant mirror, Roger Angel keeps pushing telescope design. His next one might even find Earth-like planets around other stars |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Saswato R Das |
Replacement for Hubble Space Telescope Will Use Copper-based Communications Systems Optical fiber interconnects not yet good enough for James Webb Space Telescope, but SpaceWire standard is. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2005
Jean Kumagai |
Craig Nance: Engineer to the Stars As far back as he can remember, Craig Nance has loved two things: astronomy and electronics. So as the facility engineer for the world's largest optical/infrared telescopes, he is a happy man indeed. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Michael Dumiak |
A Telescope Takes Flight A landmark moment in the exploration of the deep cosmos occurred recently. A powerful flying telescope, SOFIA, made its first checkout flights, having survived a bureaucratic near-death experience only a year ago. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Anna Bogdanowicz |
NASA Planet Hunter to Search Out Other Earths The Kepler satellite, scheduled to launch this month, will spend more than three years hunting for planets that might support life |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Erin Biba |
Son of Hubble, Prepare for a 2013 Liftoff The James Webb Space Telescope will soon replace its aging predecessor. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005 |
Optoelectronics Briefs VMETRO FPGA-based PMC card has four fiber-optic interconnect channels... General Dynamics to build submarine photonics masts... ECI receives $3 million order from Finnish Defence Forces... Tinsley opens optics facility for new space-based telescope... |
Wired
November 2001 |
Verge Researchers avoided the technical and financial obstacles to building the world's most powerful stargazer by networking four 8.2-meter and three 1.8-meter scopes into an eye 20 times stronger than any standalone and 100 times more powerful than the Hubble... |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
Monte Ross |
The New Search for E.T. If extraterrestrials are trying to communicate with us, they're probably using lasers, not radio waves. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2013
Rachel Courtland |
Gaia Telescope Will Map the Milky Way The European Space Agency project will change how astronomers view our galaxy |
Chemistry World
December 2009
Jon Cartright |
Reading between the lines Since its emergence in the mid 19th century, spectroscopy has become the most important tool in astronomy, and in recent years there has been no end to its new discoveries. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Floral Shade Aids Search for Earths The search continues for the Earth-like planets that scientists think are most likely to harbor life, and a newly refined sunflower-shaped device could one day reveal scores of candidates currently obscured by their neighboring star's light. |
Popular Mechanics
December 10, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
What NASA's WISE Space Mapper Will Look for in the Sky Hunting for brown dwarf stars, crashing galaxies, and asteroids. |
Popular Mechanics
March 22, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
The Best in Armchair Astronomy Some online sites post images from powerful telescopes around the world; others let viewers take control of the scopes. |
Scientific American
August 2005
W. Wayt Gibbs |
Cosmic CAT Scan A low-tech radio telescope under construction in western China will use thousands of consumer television antennas and hundreds of cheap personal computers to slice through the fog that shrouded the infant universe. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004 |
Briefs Axsys to provide optical components for future Webb Telescope... DRS IR sensor unit achieves software-engineering milestone... Bodkin Design tapped to develop hyperspectral 3-D imager... etc. |
Technology Research News
February 23, 2005
Kimberly Patch |
Springs simplify micromirror arrays Adaptive optics correct light waves that have been distorted, usually by the atmosphere, by bouncing them off a mirror that rapidly changes shape to produce clearer images or signals. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2008
Toby Jorrin |
New Earthbound Telescopes Will Be Hundreds of Times Sharper Than Hubble The $45 million array of telescopes will reveal enlightening details of stars and black holes. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2006 |
Corning NetOptix Provides Optical Components for NASA Mission to Pluto The New Horizons craft began its Pluto journey with seven specialized scientific instruments for gathering new information-including components for the "Ralph" telescope assembly manufactured at the diamond-turning team at Corning NetOptix. |
Smithsonian
October 2006
Robert Irion |
The Planet Hunters Never mind the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet. Astronomers have found about 200 planets orbiting other stars, and they say it's only a matter of time before they discover another Earth. |
Popular Mechanics
May 15, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
The Future of 5 Telescopes in Space This week has been an active one for earthlings' quest to understand the universe. Here is the big news on five telescopes in the sky. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Sun Stays Sluggish as Weathermen Fight for Anti-Ice Age Funding With a debate over implications on climate change at stake, solar researchers in Canada have been finding new lows in magnetic field outputs from the sun. |
Linux Journal
July 2000
Patrick P. Murphy |
AIPS and Linux: A Historical Reminiscence The Astronomical Image Processing System looks at the sky using the radio wave section of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
Popular Mechanics
March 6, 2009
Mark Wolverton |
Can KEPLER Help Us Find Earth's Twin? With the latest universe-gazing technology, KEPLER (along with Hubble and the most advanced ground-based telescopes) will give extrasolar planet hunters a boost in the search for Earth-like planets. |
Popular Mechanics
June 25, 2009
Lisa Merolla |
High-Tech Telescopes Yield New Galactic Photos: Gallery Space photos from advanced telescopes provide new views of the cosmos. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Karen C. Fox |
How it Works: Large Binocular Telescope The world's most powerful optical telescope will soon be peering at objects that date back to the dawn of time. |
Popular Mechanics
October 9, 2008
Karen Fox |
How To Build a Dobsonian Telescope: DIY Astronomy Project The actual construction took a weekend, and it would be a great project to tackle with kids. |
National Defense
February 2012
Eric Beidel |
DARPA Eyes Space Junk From the Ground The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, though, is wrapping up a demonstration with a new Space Surveillance Telescope that officials say will offer an unprecedented view of objects in space. |
Science News
April 1, 2006 |
From the March 28, 1936, issue Thaw-saturated earth forced Eastern rivers to overflow... Gigantic stellar explosion great event of astronomy... Three new planetary nebulae discovered in Milky Way... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2005 |
In Brief BAE systems to develop on-board generator for Humvee... Navy P-3C aircraft use data link from Lockheed Martin... Northrop Grumman tests software for Webb Space Telescope... Air Force eyes state-of-the-art jet fighter targeting pods... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2012 |
The Cosmological Supercomputer How the Bolshoi simulation evolves the universe all over again |
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NASA Studying The Sun The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star. |
Smithsonian
November 2005
Don Moser |
35 Who Made a Difference: John Dobson He is the father of sidewalk astronomy, the designer of a portable mount that supports his large, inexpensive telescopes, and, perhaps, astronomy's greatest cheerleader, and he has brought the farthest stars to the man on the street. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2011
Ritchie S. King |
The Einstein Telescope Planning a bigger, badder gravitational-wave detector |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Single Blue Planet Seeks Same In 2012, a new exoplanet hunter will look for worlds like our own |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2006 |
Optoelectronics briefs TSAT laser communications development passes crucial milestone... QuickSwitch MEMS-based fiber-optic mirror switch provides gigabyte network switching... L-3 Communications to acquire SSG Precision Optronics... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2010
Philip E. Ross |
Dream Jobs 2010: Jose Losada, Island Dreams Jose Losada writes code for the world's biggest telescope while cavorting in the Canaries |
Wired
July 2000 |
Verge The Rapid Prototype Array searches for extraterrestrial life |
BusinessWeek
March 26, 2007
Kate Murphy |
Celestial Sightseeing Astro tourism - to glimpse eclipses, meteor showers, and comets around the planet - is taking off. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Light Up The Sky, ET The search for other Earth-like planets, and extraterrestrial life, is heading in new directions... A small way to detect cancer... |
