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Scientists Achieve Highest Ever Reflectance in Far-Ultraviolet Spectral Range

Scientists at NASA have produced telescope mirrors that have the highest ever reflectance observed in the far-ultraviolet spectral range. Now, they are attempting to set another record.

31 May 2017

Construction of World’s Largest Optical and Infrared Telescope Begins in Chile

Scientists are a step closer to understanding the inner-workings of the universe following the laying of the first stone, and construction starting on the world's largest optical and infrared telescope

29 May 2017

NexOptic, Spectrum Capture First Images of the Moon Using Breakthrough Blade Optics System

NexOptic Technology Corp. and Spectrum Optix Inc. of Calgary, Canada and together with NexOptic, the "Companies" are pleased to announce that they have completed assembly of their proof of concept telescope prototype lens stack and successfully captured its first set of unprocessed images of the moon.

22 Feb 2017

New Optical Device Provides Detailed, Real-Time Pictures of Solar Activity

A groundbreaking new optical device, developed at NJIT’s Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) to correct images of the Sun distorted by multiple layers of atmospheric turbulence, is providing scientists with the most precisely detailed, real-time pictures to date of solar activity occurring across vast stretches of the star’s surface.

11 Jan 2017

Spectrum Successfully Completes Tests of Blade Optics™ Lens Technology for First-of-its-Kind Telescope Prototype

Spectrum receives grant of design patent in European community. NexOptic Technology Corp. ("NexOptic") (OTCQB: NXOPF, TSX VENTURE: NXO, Frankfurt: E301, Berlin: E301) and Spectrum Optix Inc. of Calgary, Canada ("Spect...

30 Nov 2016

Engineers Successfully Complete First Important Optical Measurement of Webb’s Mirror

Engineers and technicians working on the James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed the first important optical measurement of Webb’s fully assembled primary mirror, called a Center of Curvature test.

3 Nov 2016

NexOptic Launches POC Prototype Video of Telescope that Uses Spectrum's Blade Optics Lens Technology

NexOptic Technology Corp. ("NexOptic") and Spectrum Optix Inc. of Calgary, Canada ("Spectrum,") and together with NexOptic, the "Companies") are pleased to report the release of their proof-of-concept prototype ("POC") video rendering presentation.

2 Nov 2016

Astronomers Use Adaptive Optics on Keck and Gemini Telescopes to Capture Io's Volcanic Activity

The longest-running, high-resolution observations of the moon's thermal emission confirm that Jupiter's moon, Io, is the most volcanically active body in our solar system.

21 Oct 2016

NASA Researchers Start Investigating Novel Optic

It is a well-established fact that larger light-collecting mirrors will be required by scientists to resolve smaller physical details of faraway celestial objects. However this challenge is not simple to overcome due to the high cost and difficulty of building and launching large-aperture telescopes – in this particular scenario, space observatories.

27 Jul 2016

NASA to Develop Highly Sophisticated Laboratory Tool to Assure Ultra-Stable Space Telescopes

Finding and characterizing dozens of Earth-like planets will require a super-stable space telescope whose optical components move or distort no more than a few picometers — a measurement smaller than the size of an atom. It also will require next-generation tools with which to assure that level of stability.

20 Jul 2016