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 ...

A set of breakthroughs from scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is ...

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A combined cryptosystem with symmetric keys for encrypting messages is proposed. Its unique feature is the use of functions of a real variable as keys instead of natural numbers. Eight key functions ...

Science News: The world's most powerful digital camera, LSST, has released its first images. Stationed in Chile, the camera captures cosmic scenes with unprecedente ...

Made from over 1100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, this image contains an immense variety of objects, demonstrating the broad range of science Rubin will transform with its ...

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or ...

Within each division, the judges broke top the top images into eight categories: Landscape, Wildlife, Birds, Waterscapes, Plants and Flowers, Small Wonders, Park Adventures and Parks Overnight.

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15 riveting images from the 2025 UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition 'The ocean is the source of all life and that everything in nature is deeply connected.' By Popular Science Team ...

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