Scientists have unveiled a new way to capture ultra-sharp optical images without lenses or painstaking alignment. The ...

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S.

The Square Kilometer Array will have its first light next year, and the Extremely Large Telescope will be completed and ...

Scientists at Columbia University have combined lasers and nanotech to trap massive atom arrays for next-gen quantum ...

Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different ...

A new lens-free imaging system uses software to see finer details from farther away than optical systems ever could before.

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

A nearby active galaxy called VV 340a offers a dramatic look at how a supermassive black hole can reshape its entire host.

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

PlayNitride and Brillink have just established the joint effort, which aims to deliver an array-based interconnect with a ...