24 December 2021
Less than 24hrs to go before the launch of JWST!
... before focusing it on the detectors. Each of Webb's four instruments has its own set of detectors, which absorb photons and convert them to electronic voltages that can be measured. These detectors allow Webb to "see" light outside...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... a new ion propulsion system and a new method of communication by laser. This technology demonstration encodes its messages on photons – particles of light – instead of radio waves, which gives it the potential to transmit far more data back to Earth...
12 July 2019
Hubble uncovers black hole that shouldn't exist
..., so close that the velocities and the intensity of the gravitational pull are affecting how we see the photons of light,” explained the study’s first author, Stefano Bianchi, of Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy. In order...
