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Apr 30, 2024

Close-up image of a quantum computer chip installed in a gold casing with visible intricate wiring and cooling mechanisms, highlighting advanced technology components.

NASA Develops Tiny Yet Mighty 36-Pixel Sensor

While NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers craft 122-megapixel photos 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, the agency's newest camera performs groundbreaking space science with just 36 pixels. Yes, 36 pixels, not 36 megapixels.

Apr 30, 2024

Aug 17, 2023

Jeremy Gray

Spectroscopy Reveals Details About Cosmic Objects That Simple Photos Can’t

Like all cameras, the sophisticated imaging instruments used in telescopes detect wavelengths of light. While some telescopes see in visible light, as human eyes do, others work in wavelengths that people cannot see.

Aug 17, 2023