Tag Archive for 'Gyroscope'

This Hubble image shows NGC 1546, a spiral galaxy approximately 52.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubblr / STScI / David Thilker, JHU.

Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on NGC 1546

Jun 19, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has obtained its first images since changing to an alternate operating mode that uses only one gyroscope, which helps...

Further studies are needed to take into consideration the possibility that many modes, or light paths, exist simultaneously in the cavity, Dr Ge and his colleagues said. Their far-field emission patterns may change in different ways, which causes a reduction of the sensitivity to rotation. Image credit: Li Ge et al.

Physicists Find Way to Create Tiny Optical Gyroscope

Apr 1, 2015 by News Staff

According to a group of scientists led by Dr Li Ge from the CUNY’s College of Staten Island, a pair of light waves may hold the key to creating the world’s...