interferometery
Using Light Echoes to Find Black Holes
The speed of light gives astronomers a special trick when examining the tangled-up gravitational well around a black hole. Researchers…
2 months ago
The Big Fringe Telescope. A 2.2 KILOMETER Telescope on the Cheap. And it Can Make Exoplanet “Movies”.
Can a kilometer-scale telescope help conduct more efficient science, and specifically for the field of optical interferometry? This is what…
4 months ago
Formation-Flying Spacecraft Could Probe the Solar System for New Physics
It's an exciting time for the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology. Thanks to cutting-edge observatories, instruments, and new techniques,…
9 months ago
NASA Wants to Put a Massive Telescope on the Moon
As part of the Artemis Program, NASA intends to establish all the necessary infrastructure to create a "sustained program of…
11 months ago
There are Ideal Orbits for Space-Based Interferometers
Ever since the telescope was invented in 1608, astronomers have striven for bigger and better telescopes. When it comes to…
1 year ago