The high-stakes battle to survive the vacuum of space. Without an atmosphere, satellites a...
Turning starlight into digital data. The same physics that earned Einstein a Nobel Prize i...
A cosmic barcode that reveals the past. By splitting starlight into its component colors, ...
The lifecycle of a star is written in high-energy light. As stars age and burn through the...
Seeing beyond the rainbow to gather hidden data. UV light has shorter wavelengths and high...
Changing the shape of a wave to carry a message. By tweaking frequency and amplitude, raw ...
Is light a wave or a stream of tiny bullets? When light hits a metal surface and knocks el...
The universe is leaving clues in its wake. When galaxies move away, their light stretches ...
Listening to the "afterglow" of the universe. This faint hum of energy is the ol...