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Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009 |
CCD Image Sensors From e2v Launch Aboard NASA Kepler Star-Monitoring Spacecraft E2v Technologies engineers delivered the company's CCD90 imaging sensors for Kepler's photometer, designed and built by Ball Aerospace personnel.   |
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 |
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
July 2007
Noah Shachtman |
How NASA's New Telescope Chases Planets NASA is launching its first-ever planet-hunting mission next year, sending the Kepler spacecraft on a quest to find 1000 more planets -- and 50 new Earths. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009
Logan Ward |
10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009: Kepler Space Telescope The Kepler telescope -- a 15-foot-long, $600 million tool for finding Earth-like planets -- captured its first image in April. |
Wired
June 2001
Oliver Morton |
Shadow Science Looking for Earth-like planets outside the solar system? Bill Borucki's cheap little spacecraft can help you find a few hundred, fast... |
Popular Mechanics
January 7, 2010
Adam Hadhazy |
Kepler's Hunt for Earths Shows Progress at Space Conference Scientists for NASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler mission report that the orbiting space telescope has nabbed five new worlds, the first several of many that astronomers hope it will eventually discover. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
CCD imaging sensors from e2v equip unmanned spacecraft headed for International Space Station Eads Sodern spacecraft engineers in France, needed image sensors for the European Space Agency's Jules Verne automated transfer vehicle spacecraft destined for the international space station. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008 |
CCD Imaging Sensors From e2v Equip Unmanned Spacecraft Headed for International Space Station The sensors will help determine the spacecrafts orientation and aid in docking. |
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. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2006 |
Electro-optics Briefs Image sensors from e2v help NASA to study Pluto... Jenoptik Laser names Coastal Optical Systems as North American distributor... High-performance IR camera for demanding applications... etc. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Single Blue Planet Seeks Same In 2012, a new exoplanet hunter will look for worlds like our own |
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
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. |
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. |
Scientific American
February 2009
Michelle Press |
Scientific American Reviews: In Search of Time Author Dan Falk states that comprehension of time is what sets humans apart from animals in his book In Search of Time... Astronomer and author Alan Boss predicts that CoRoT and Kepler will discover abundant Earths in his new book... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2006 |
Optoelectronics Briefs Bright future for diamond in laser and LED application... Low-cost line of green laser-diode modules... Ultraviolet camcorder available... Shortwave IR camera for military and commercial use... etc. |
PC World
February 20, 2002
Martyn Williams |
Sony Focuses on 6 Megapixels Company's new image sensor will allow consumers to create professional-quality digital images -- at a price... |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2012
Toth & Turyshev |
Finding the Source of the Pioneer Anomaly Thirty years ago, the first spacecraft sent to explore the outer solar system started slowing unexpectedly. Now we finally know what happened |
PC Magazine
October 21, 2003
John C. Dvorak |
The New Digital Camera The sensor to watch is the upcoming 8-megapixel one from Sony, which will first be used in the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F828. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2009
Samuel K. Moore, Neil Savage |
The Nobel Prize and Its Discontents Some imaging pioneers have a problem with the Nobel committee |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
Leaders of e2v introduce low-noise interface for capacitive sensors Capacitive measurements with 30aF resolution and a few micro amps current consumption are now as easy as reading registers, company officials say. |
Science News
March 10, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Mayan Mars Mayan astronomers developed their own model to describe the motion of Mars with uncanny accuracy. Anthropologists from the U.S. have recently described evidence supporting the Mayan model... |
