Engineers and astronomers at the University of Utah have designed a unique new kind of telescope lens: a flat lens with microscopic etchings to refract light. If the concept can be scaled up, these ...

A gravitational lens telescope, as envisioned by Claudio Maccone in his 2009 book Deep Space Flight and Communications. Astronomers use several techniques to find exoplanets, including the so-called ...

Utah researchers demonstrated the capabilities of their flat lens with test images of the sun and moon. Credit: Menon Lab, University of Utah Utah researchers demonstrated the capabilities of their ...

If you’re someone who spends their evenings watching the night sky and trying to get a glimpse of meteor showers or constellations, a telescope is a must. What can be seen with the naked eye pales in ...

One of the UK’s richest people is building a telescope to find the ‘architecture of the universe’ - World’s largest all-lens telescope hopes to find the ‘cosmic web’ ...

The Huntsman Telescope comprises 10 Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS II super-telephoto lenses. Macquarie University/Canon SHARE The Huntsman Telescope is located at the Siding Spring Observatory on the edge ...

For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But traditional lenses have a major drawback—the more powerful they need to be, the ...

Glasses embedded with a telescope promise to make it easier for people with impaired vision to drive and do other activities requiring sharper distance vision. Scientists have found advantages of ...