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Understanding Our Universe, The Future of Photonics Is Written in the Stars

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We have long looked to the stars and wondered what was out there, but only in the past 50 years have we traveled to the moon. Now, the continuing development of light-based technologies — from on-chip spectrometers to laser communications systems — will allow us to explore ever-farther reaches of space.

JUSTINE MURPHY, EDITOR, [email protected]

Since NASA was established nearly 60 years ago, the average person’s understanding of the universe has grown, thanks to the efforts of untold numbers of scientists, researchers, engineers and others around the world. From America's first image of the moon — taken by NASA’s Ranger 7 spacecraft in 1964 — to the remarkably clear pictures of Pluto’s cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains — acquired by the New Horizons spacecraft within the last year — optics and photonics technologies are bringing us ever closer to the planets in our own solar system...Read full article

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    Published: January 2016
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    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    astronomyFeaturesJustine MurphyaerospaceNASANew HorizonsPlutoMarsastrophotonicsBall AerospaceBall Aerospace Civil SpaceNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNAOJoptical communication

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