Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn that confusing bundle of glass and metal into a tool that reliably shows the ...

Landing on the Moon has always been an exercise in controlled blindness. There is no atmosphere to slow a spacecraft down, no GPS network to guide it, and no guarantee that its cameras will see ...

A quadcopter drone burns after being hit by a laser weapon system at Camp Roberts, California, Feb. 6, 2025. (Dan Linehan/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army aims to produce up to 20 high-energy laser weapons to ...

At-home laser hair removal devices are convenient and popular, but they require a learning curve, and results can be mixed. The best way to do laser hair removal at home is to prepare your skin ...

In lab experiments, scientists are testing a new way to reshape the cornea and correct impaired vision, but the research faces many hurdles before it could be approved for use in humans. When you ...

Designed for use in a variety of laser and imaging systems, rod lenses are available in a range of micro sizes for integration into a host of OEM applications. Custom sizes, variations in ...

China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to the moon during the daytime. Researchers at Yunnan Observatories under the Chinese Academy of ...