PhoSim simulates the atmosphere, including air turbulence, as well as distortions from the shape of the telescope’s mirrors and the electrical properties of the sensors. The photons are propagated ...

In efforts to automatically capture important data from scientific papers, computer scientists have developed a method that can accurately detect small, geometric objects such as triangles within ...

It was created through a combination of manual human annotation of images and automated processes, and is by far the largest collection of this type assembled to date. By training on such a massive ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which launched in March 2025, is poised to transform our understanding of the universe. By creating ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

updated 10:31 AM EDT, Thu Mar 27, 2014 Images released March 27. Satellite images taken Monday, March 24, show about 300 objects, ranging in size from 6 feet to 50 feet, that could be related to ...