BU's Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
May 09, 2024
May 09, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 9 (TNSres) -- Boston University issued the following news:
By Andrew Thurston
The light from the stars filling the sky travels mind-boggling distances to reach us: the nearest star, beyond our own, is about 25 trillion miles from Earth. For most of its journey to our planet, that light is undisturbed, flying parallel and unimpeded through the vacuum of space. But then, in the very last microseconds, our atmosphere gets in the way, and the ligh . . .
By Andrew Thurston
The light from the stars filling the sky travels mind-boggling distances to reach us: the nearest star, beyond our own, is about 25 trillion miles from Earth. For most of its journey to our planet, that light is undisturbed, flying parallel and unimpeded through the vacuum of space. But then, in the very last microseconds, our atmosphere gets in the way, and the ligh . . .