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Moth’s Eye Inspires Design and Applications of NASA Camera

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A moth's eye is the inspiration behind the technology that allows a new NASA-developed camera to create images of astronomical objects with far greater sensitivity than was previously possible. These images taken with a scanning electron microscope show details of a new absorber that is enabling observations by the High-Resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-plus, or HAWC+, a new SOFIA instrument. The "spikes" were inspired by the structure of a moth's eye. Courtesy of NASA. When magnified, a moth's eye contains a very fine array of small tapered cylindrical protuberances whose job is...Read full article

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    Published: February 2017
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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.
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