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A new publication in Opto-Electronic Science reports how high-quality diamonds empower narrowband deep ultraviolet photodetection.

"The Xuntian telescope has been the most important scientific project since the launch of our country's space station program."

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new carbon compound vital for life.

Researchers have developed a Raman microscope that can acquire information hundreds of times faster than a conventional Raman microscope. Raman microscopy is a powerful non-invasive tool for performing complex chemical analysis of cells and tissues, and this technology development could help expand its usefulness in biomedical applications.

Webb has captured Mars for the first time, providing a unique perspective of the Red Planet.

NASA's third EOS mission—AURA—marked 20 years in orbit on July 15, with two of its four instruments—MLS and OMI—still collecting quality datasets.

An international team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and other molecules in the highly

China's Xuntian space telescope is scheduled to launch in 2024 and was designed to outdo NASA's Hubble.

A rare temperature-sensitive molecule usually found in stars has been discovered in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, a marshmallow-like hot...

Here's how "a very lucky observer" may get to see it fall from the sky.

Infrared spectroscopy is a noninvasive tool used to identify unknown samples and known chemical substances. It is based on how different molecules interact with infrared light. You may have seen this tool at airports, where they screen for illicit drugs. The technique has many applications: liquid biopsy, environmental gas monitoring, contaminant detection, forensic analyses, exoplanet searches, etc.

The Keck Observatory telescopes on Maunakea in Hawaii, are the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes. Keck Observatory's vision is to advance the frontiers of astronomy and share our discoveries with the world.

Across China: China's FAST telescope reveals unprecedented details of Milky Way-

Astronomers using the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have imaged Jupiter's icy moons Europa and Ganymede in infrared light.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured its first images and spectra of Mars Sept. 5. The telescope, an international collaboration with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), provides a unique perspective with its infrared sensitivity on our neighboring planet, complementing data being collected by orbiters, rovers, and other telescopes.

The Keck Observatory telescopes on Maunakea in Hawaii, are the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes. Keck Observatory's vision is to advance the frontiers of astronomy and share our discoveries with the world.

The upcoming Extremely Large Telescope could revolutionize the search for alien life, analyzing the atmospheres of nearby "Earth-like" planets in only hours. The post Alien life? Mammoth new telescope could find it in hours first appeared on EarthSky.

Astronomers using the Murchison Widefield Array in Western Australia have searched for alien signals at a 10 kHz spectral resolution originating from a population of about 2,800 galaxies toward the Vela supernova remnant.

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) have been widely used in various applications requiring single photon detection thanks to their attractive performances. Since SNSPDs are thin films of serval nanometers in thickness, they are convenient to fabricate on various substrates and combine with other photonic structures.

On October 19th, 2017, astronomers with the Pann-STARRS survey observed an interstellar object passing through our system—1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua. This was the first time an ISO was detected, confirming that such objects pass through the solar system regularly, as astronomers predicted decades prior. Just two years later, a second object was detected, the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. Given 'Oumuamua's unusual nature…