Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...

Among its breakthrough science goals, the camera can also track ... Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory built this leviathan lens over two decades at an approximate cost of $168 million.

The new 100-millimeter (3.9-inch) diameter lens, which has a 200 mm (7.8 in) focal length, is just 2.4 micrometers thick. Optimized for the 400 to 800 nm wavelength range for visible light, this ...

Humboldt County Doris Niles Science Fair was held last week, with more than 170 students in grades four to eight collaborating on 140 projects.

On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency's Euclid mission releases its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Here, hundreds of thousands of galaxies in different ...

Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on amateur telescopes. Engineers and astronomers at the University of Utah have ...

For the first time, a flat telescope lens has been produced that represents colors accurately, offering a way to make less bulky lenses that could be sent into space cheaply. The first telescopes ...