FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

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An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in ...

Kip Thorne, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, was Interstellar's science advisor. The movie explores scientific concepts like wormholes and time dilation. Interstellar depicts a space mission searching ...

We've all come to appreciate the beautiful images space telescopes provide us of galaxies, nebulas and more, but they also provide astronomers with important scientific information about our universe.

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With help from citizen scientists, astronomers have spotted the most powerful "odd radio circle" (ORC) yet. The discovery could give astronomers a better understanding of how these unusual objects — ...

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