NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...

A team of scientists and engineers led by Princeton researchers recently reported the successful operation of a new instrument for the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii that will allow astronomers to make ...

The international collaboration developing the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) has marked a significant testing milestone by successfully taking spectra of targeted stars. The PFS will be mounted on ...

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The Nearby Supernova Factory, an international collaboration of astronomers and astrophysicists, has announced that SNIFS, the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph, achieved “first light” during the ...

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Researchers have developed a new technology that can shape the spectrum of light emitted from a laser frequency comb across the visible and near-infrared wavelengths with more precision than ...

UC Santa Cruz has been awarded $350,000 in combined grant and donor funds for a major upgrade to the Kast Spectrograph at Lick Observatory. Astronomers throughout the UC system use the Kast ...

A brand new spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope has seen first light, detecting elements in a dying star known as the Jewel Bug Nebula. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

A communications delay timed out the instrument’s flight software, and some planned observations will have to be rescheduled, NASA says. Reading time 2 minutes NASA says the Webb Space Telescope’s ...

An artist's concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has completed initial commissioning of its ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS), which will ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — An Okalahoma City teenager won the top award of a $100,000 scholarship for building a spectrograph that can identify individual molecules as part of the annual Intel Science Talent ...