Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A light, cheap space telescope design would make it possible to put many individual units in space at once. Katie Yung, Daniel ...

Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on amateur telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Thanks to a set of unique properties, diffractive optical elements have the potential to transform light into almost any desired distribution. Joshika Akhil gives the low-down on the technology that ...

Engineers at the University of Utah have developed a new method of creating optics which are flat and ultra-thin, yet can still bend light to a single point like traditional lenses. It's hoped the ...

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life . To find the ...