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14 Dec 22
NASA delivers laser retroreflector to Europe’s Lunar Pathfinder

ESA and Surrey Satellite Technology to deploy device in testing new navigation techniques for moon missions.

13 Dec 22
DOE National Laboratory achieves first positive fusion ignition

LLNL researchers create more energy from fusion than is needed to drive it, promising cleaner power and nuclear weapons stewardship.

09 Dec 22
SPIE Photonex pulls a crowd at its new UK venue

Expo and conference draws more than 1000 visitors to UK National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.

08 Dec 22
SPIE names Startup Challenge 2023 finalists

Photonics West showcase for innovative photonics technologies in healthcare and deep tech.

07 Dec 22
Berkeley Lab commissions upgraded laser system

Enhanced capabilities at BELLA promise data on extreme plasmas, novel cancer treatments.

29 Nov 22
Latest set of roll-out solar panels arrive at International Space Station

Arrays built by Redwire due to be deployed during spacewalks before the end of the year.

23 Nov 22
Artemis I Mission: Orion spacecraft orbiting – and imaging – the Moon...

...while European ASCEND project to scope out viability of optically-linked data centers in space.

22 Nov 22
2023 SPIE-Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Arutyun Bagramyan

$75,000 annual award will support Bagramyan’s research into non-invasive imaging.

18 Nov 22
Viavi expands U.S. manufacturing capacity with new optical production facility

Plant in Chandler, Arizona, features the company’s most modern and efficient optical coating capabilities.

17 Nov 22
JWST MIRI instrument reveals details of distant galaxies

Mid-IR observations will boost knowledge of key period in galaxy development.

31 Oct 22
Halloween special: ESO captures ‘ghost’ of Vela supernova remnant...

Newly published 554-million-pixel image gives detailed view of spooky supernova.

20 Oct 22
Webb wows with new view of the 'Pillars of Creation'

Near-infrared camera on board JWST is able to peer through the towers of interstellar dust captured in Hubble’s iconic image.

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