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Optical sensors detect the presence or behavior of light waves. This could include light in the visible spectrum, or outside the visible spectrum.

Astronomers have been interested in producing earth-based images that are as good as the Hubble space telescope. Now the Large Binocular Telescope does that.

The Australia Telescope Compact Array at Narrabri is the first millimetre-wave interferometer in the Southern Hemisphere. It celebrated 20 years with an Open Day in 2008.

In March 2009 NASA launched a space probe, Kepler, that would look for earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

Electrical and mechanical sensors are widely used to characterize the performance and properties of components and systems, but are also found in household objects.

Astronomy was considered an arcane hobby. But after Hubble returned some images that looked like Art, that perception was changed to awe.

A black hole relic from the early universe appears to the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Betelgeuse, also known as Alpha Orionis, is a red supergiant star that could undergo a supernova in the not-too-distant future.

Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity predicts some unusual effects when traveling near the speed of light.

Until the Mt Palomar 200" telescope, Mt Wilson's Hooker 100" and the 60" were the world's largest telescopes, allowing Edwin Hubble to discover the expanding universe.