113, No. 780 (February 2001), pp. 197-214 (18 pages) ABSTRACT We describe a new approach to obtaining very high surface densities of optical spectra in astronomical observations with extremely ...

A groundbreaking telescope might soon detect signs of extraterrestrial life. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently ...

A scientific tool that can do the same thing is called a spectroscope (early spectroscopes used prisms). You can make your own spectroscope by following the instructions shown below! Assemble the ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the stuff at scale.

NASA said the telescope is expected to collect data on more than 450 million galaxies and more than 100 million stars in the ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. In this paper, we summarize the main capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for performing observations of Mars. The ...

The team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes measurement data crucial for advanced research in ...