adaptive optics

The images are the highest-resolution ever taken in the near infrared range. It looks much more active than when Voyager flew past in 1986.

For now, the thousands of potential exoplanets discovered in the past two years are little more than curvy dips on … Continued

Astronomers have captured the first direct image of a newly forming planet orbiting around its star, using mirrors to blot … Continued

Adaptive optics techniques used for the world’s most powerful telescopes will be used to image the smallest processes in living … Continued

New technology breaks the theoretical limit on how small we can see

Researchers at Big Bear Solar Observatory have tuned their adaptive optics array and achieved first light, capturing this image of … Continued

See that little dot in the upper left corner? It is a planet orbiting a sun-like star. We know of … Continued

A $120 million Earth-based telescope using brand new adaptive optics just trumped Hubble’s deep space image clarity three-fold, but such … Continued

Three times sharper than Hubble

Researchers have tested the laser links at distances of almost 22 miles during flight