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Gamers Pave the Way for Million Dollar Grant for Telescope ‘Brain’ Upgrade

A new $1 million Federal Government grant to Curtin University will enable a major upgrade to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), giving the giant radio telescope even greater power to read and process signals captured from distant outer space.

10 Dec 2020

Imaging Venus with a Scientific SWIR Camera

Quantum Design UK and Ireland (QDUKI), distributor of high-tech scientific research instrumentation is the exclusive authorised channel sales partner of Raptor Photonics products for the UK and Ireland.

From Raptor Photonics Limited 9 Sep 2020

CSIRO’S Parkes Radio Telescope Added to National Heritage List

The iconic Parkes radio telescope, otherwise known as The Dish, has been officially recognised for its contribution to Australian astronomy and humankind’s understanding of the Universe with its addition to the National Heritage List.

10 Aug 2020

Demanding Telescope Spectrograph Optics

Benefiting from a unique facility, where temperatures remain constant year-round and vibration is practically non-existent, Optical Surfaces Ltd is able to routinely produce and test demanding telescope spectrograph optics (aspheres, flats, lenses, mirrors and prisms) that stretch the limits of conventional optical fabrication techniques.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 7 Jan 2020

Telescopes and Satellites Combine to Map Entire Planet’s Ground Movement

Curtin University research has revealed how pairing satellite images with an existing global network of radio telescopes can be used to paint a previously unseen whole-of-planet picture of the geological processes that shape the Earth’s crust.

22 Nov 2019

A Chance Encounter with a Pulsar

When you think you’ve seen it all, look again – there might be a pulsar staring back at you.

22 Nov 2019

High-Performance Camera can Help Detect Dark Matter and Extraterrestrial Life

For the first time, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed one of the highest-performance cameras made up of sensors that count single particles of light, or photons.

20 Nov 2019

Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik Acquires Low Stray Light Ellipsoidal Mirror

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has supplied a 350mm diameter on-axis ellipsoidal mirror to the Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS) in Freiberg, Germany.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Optical Surfaces Provide Dichroic Beamsplitter for Gran Telescopio de Canarias

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has manufactured and supplied a 180mm diameter dichroic beamsplitter that will form a key component of the adaptive optics currently being integrated with the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC).

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

Optical Surfaces Manufacture High Precision Hyperbolic Optics for Telescope Systems

Drawing upon 50 years precision optics manufacturing experience - Optical Surfaces Ltd. has established a worldwide reputation of being able to deal with the extremely tight tolerances and accuracy that hyperbolic optics demand.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 21 Oct 2019

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