A cluster of recent theoretical papers has laid out mathematical frameworks for propelling spacecraft at speeds ranging from ...
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. The ability to control the phase, polarization, and intensity of light is extensively ...
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2024.230052 discusses structured light beams with controllable polarization along arbitrary trajectories. A structured light refers to ...
Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new way to structure light in custom, repeatable, three-dimensional patterns, ...
Space rarely gives up its secrets easily. For instance, what looks like a single ...
Hubble's latest image unveils the Egg Nebula in unprecedented detail. This pre-planetary nebula, formed by a dying Sun-like star, shows dramatic light beams piercing dust to illuminate gas shells and ...