All light travels in straight lines ... We can split white light into a spectrum of colours using glass prisms or the reflective side of a CD. Most objects we think of as black aren't truly ...

Greetings, stargazers. Spring is galaxy season for many amateur astronomers. However, when looking through an eyepiece instead of a camera for astrophotography, you might think of this as the season ...

But did you know that there's more to light than meets the eye? Let’s explore the amazing world of the electromagnetic spectrum! The electromagnetic spectrum has many types of light waves. It includes ...

Light, heat, radio transmissions, and medical X-rays may not seem all that similar ... There's lots to discover in the electromagnetic spectrum. Here's a tour that begins with radio waves and ...

Since the invention of the laser in 1960, nonlinear optics has aimed to broaden light's spectral range and create new frequency components. Among the various techniques, supercontinuum (SC) generation ...