The international team of Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), was able to obtain the first image ofo a supermassive black hole in the center of Milky Way.
Category: Light
The first integrated laser
Was built an integrated laser in a lithium niobate substrate, for applications in telecommunications.
5 methods to discover exoplanets
In this post, it’s shown the methods of detecting exoplanets, which are planets outside the Solar System, they orbit other stars, or wander through space.
Laser types (Part 3, fiber laser)
In this third part, are shown the operation principle, advantages and disadvantages, and the applications of fiber laser.
James Webb arrives at the final destination
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched on Christmas last year, arrived at Lagrange point L2 of Earth-Sun system.
The Jiuzhang 2.0 was built
Was anounced the Jiuzhang 2.0, an improvement of photonic quantum computer built last year, and billions of times faster than the predecessor.
Laser types (Part 2, diode lasers)
Semiconductor or diode lasers are the most used nowadays. The operation and materials used in this type of laser are shown in this post.
Laser types (Part 1, gas lasers)
This is the first post of laser types series. Toady’s subject is the operation of the main gas lasers, which were created in the 1960s.
The origin of Jupiter’s auroras
For 40 years, nobody could explain how auroras in Jupiter were formed. Now, data from probes can give an answer.
Photoinduced force microscope
For the first time, atoms were observed with a new type of microscope, which uses a photoinduced force to observe atomic nanometric structures.