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That’s partly because its spectra in starlight cannot be seen in the optical wavelength, but only in the near-infrared or the ultraviolet.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
When fully assembled, M1 will be the largest mirror ever built for an optical telescope.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The agency uses artificial intelligence and a technology known as optical character recognition to extract text from historical documents.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
The optical cavity also acts like a memory as the signal is recirculated via the recurrent loops.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
When fully assembled, M1 will be the largest mirror ever built for an optical telescope.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The agency uses artificial intelligence and a technology known as optical character recognition to extract text from historical documents.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
The optical cavity also acts like a memory as the signal is recirculated via the recurrent loops.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Optical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optical. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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