A brand new spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope has seen first light, detecting elements in a dying star known as the Jewel Bug Nebula. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Astronomers heard big news: Astro-Physicist Otto Struve and his staff at the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory had perfected a powerful new spectrograph for photographing invisible infra-red ...

With the recent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are excited to start collecting data from the newest and most powerful space telescope in the world. The telescope is still in the ...

Charge-coupled device (CCD) chips are solid state devices that contributes a major role in digital imaging, and ultraviolet imaging. CCD chips are commonly known as image sensors. Each cell of a CCD ...

A team of scientists and engineers led by Princeton researchers recently reported the successful operation of a new instrument for the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii that will allow astronomers to make ...