When electrons recombine with highly charged ions, X-ray polarization becomes important for testing fundamental atomic physics involving relativistic and quantum electrodynamics effects. But to date, ...

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) students on Hawaiʻi Island have named a new instrument at the Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope that will help astronomers study the universe in greater detail. The ...

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached a major commissioning milestone after activating its primary science instrument and beginning early checks of its Coronagraph Instrument, according ...

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