The European Commission recently established a planned gamma-ray observatory as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC, which will expedite the construction of the telescope and set up a framework for the distribution of its data. In other words, we’ll soon have a record-breaking observatory for studying gamma ray sources—some of the most energetic and […]
Subaru Telescope’s Insect-Like Compound Eye to Debut in February
The Subaru Telescope in Hawai‘i is adding a new instrument to its arsenal, one that will observe the cosmos through a compound eye. The compound eye will allow Subaru to observe about 2,400 objects in space, offering an extremely wide field of view and permitting simultaneous spectroscopic observation of the thousands of objects. Subaru’s new […]