Science news articles about 'optical observations'

Optical observations show night and day sides of tidally locked exoplanet.

... high-contrast, near-infrared adaptive optics observations with the Keck and Gemini telescopes, the team ... resolution. LLNL helped build the original adaptive optics system for Keck, the world's largest ...

... Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey, "SpARCS" detects galaxy clusters using deep ground-based optical observations from the CTIO 4m and CFHT 3.6m telescopes, combined ...

... discovery, Cygnus X-1 secured a place in the history of astronomy when a combination of X-ray and optical observations led to the conclusion that it was a black hole, the first such identification.