Space science
Defer launch of VNREDSat-1 satellite because of rain
According to the latest announcement on the website of the Arianespace company, Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite launch will be postponed due to weather conditio…
Optical
Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Optical.
Topic archive
Articles about Optical
351 published items.
Space science
VNREDSAT-1 will be launched in the morning of May 7
Information from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, after two days of postponement and anticipation, tomorrow morning, May 7, at 9:00 am (Hanoi time), Vietna…
Space science
VNREDSat-1 satellite leaves the launch pad successfully
In the morning of May 7, at 9:06 am, the representative of Arianespace said that VEGA's rocket had left the launch pad at the launch site of Kourou, France, bringing the…
Space science
Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite is about to enter the universe
VNREDSat-1 is expected to be launched at 9:06 am on May 3, Hanoi time from the launching ground of Kourou, French Guiana, made by Vega boosters, the Management Board of…
Space science
Chinese artificial satellites provide images of the earth
The satellite system operates on November 19 and has just released the first photo taken of Zhengzhou City, capital of Henan Province, China.
Space science
Japan prepares to launch a fourth intelligence radar satellite
The Japan Aerospace Research, Development Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Company on November 27 said they will launch a fourth intelligence radar with an…
Space science
Black holes are also
American astronomers say an unusual phenomenon in the universe has been discovered, when a giant black hole is removed from its galaxy. According to experts, they found…
Space science
Japan launched a spy satellite
Japan today (December 12) launched a new-generation reconnaissance satellite into orbit, amid growing concern of the country over North Korea's missile program and surve…
Space science
Chile - astronomer's paradise
With its height, dry atmosphere, rarely recorded and quiet rainfall, the Atacama desert in northern Chile has been chosen by astronomers as a place to place some telesco…
Space science
China produces the largest telescope
China is embarking on its own ground-based optical telescope to help astronomers actively observe the sky for another five to six years.
Space science
Hubble photographed a peanut star explosion
The Hubble Space Telescope (NASA / ESA) recently captured the first optical images of a shocking stellar explosion, and discovered a rapid peanut-shaped balloon bulging…
Space science
New discovery of black hole activity
Using a powerful optical telescope, researchers at Boston University (USA) captured an image of a supermassive black hole while they spewed extremely powerful charged mo…
Space science
East Asia's largest telescope
The optical telescope with a diameter of 2.4 m has been installed successfully at the Lijiang Astronomical Observatory, Yunnan Province, China. This is also one of the l…
Biology
Has linked bacteria to the computer
Scientists at the Zurich University of Technology, Switzerland, have made a breakthrough in biotechnology that links E.coli bacteria to computers.
Biology
Bacteria can see things like people
In a recent surprise discovery, scientists realized that some types of bacteria could see the world in a way similar to humans.