Lightweight space structures like CubeSats, deployable solar panels, antenna arrays, and space telescopes rely on compact ... The boom, made from thin carbon fiber composite, features sensors and LEDs ...

The dome and skeleton of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope under construction in the Atacama desert in January 2025. The center structure will ... ever built for an optical telescope.

Progress has also been made on the polygon structure at the base inside of ... M1 will be the largest mirror ever built for an optical telescope. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket ...

Lifetime testing of the fabricated devices revealed two key failure modes: contact degradation and welding of high voltage cantilevers, both of which are caused by the charging and discharging of ...

Image Credit: Konishi et al. A new generation of small optical devices could be made possible by paper-thin optical lenses that are as easy to mass-produce as microchips. Flat lenses currently ...