Apollo Applications (unbuilt): Crewed Venus Flyby, Astronomy Interferometer, X-Ray Telescope, GEO Comm Antenna.
August 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Apollo Applications (unbuilt): Crewed Venus Flyby, Astronomy Interferometer, X-Ray Telescope, GEO Comm Antenna.
Obscure Apollo Applications Program designs:
Astronomy Interferometer
Inflatable Relay Satellite
X-ray Telescope
Geosynchronous Communication Antenna
(more details below)
Astronomy Interferometer
Inflatable Relay Satellite
X-ray Telescope
Geosynchronous Communication Antenna
(more details below)
June 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Obscure Apollo Applications Program designs:
Astronomy Interferometer
Inflatable Relay Satellite
X-ray Telescope
Geosynchronous Communication Antenna
(more details below)
Astronomy Interferometer
Inflatable Relay Satellite
X-ray Telescope
Geosynchronous Communication Antenna
(more details below)
Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer, with the lab facing a 40% cut in funding in President Trump's budget.
Happy 10th Birthday to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Now Drop Dead.
Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.
nyti.ms
September 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer, with the lab facing a 40% cut in funding in President Trump's budget.
Michelson Interferometer Comes Home Cheap
Michelson Interferometer Comes Home Cheap
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Michelson Interferometer Comes Home Cheap
<Interferometer device activated>
Some images transmitted back, along with humid air.
Reverse: 1999 x Assassin's Creed Official Art
Some images transmitted back, along with humid air.
Reverse: 1999 x Assassin's Creed Official Art
August 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
<Interferometer device activated>
Some images transmitted back, along with humid air.
Reverse: 1999 x Assassin's Creed Official Art
Some images transmitted back, along with humid air.
Reverse: 1999 x Assassin's Creed Official Art
NASA studied a multi-kilometer long orbital interferometer as part of the Apollo Applications Program. Ultimately this and other large scale structures were never flown.
April 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NASA studied a multi-kilometer long orbital interferometer as part of the Apollo Applications Program. Ultimately this and other large scale structures were never flown.
An optical interferometer using telescopes spaced out along Earth's orbit (1 AU radius) would be able to resolve the shape of oceans and continents on a exoplanet... in the Andromeda Galaxy.
August 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
An optical interferometer using telescopes spaced out along Earth's orbit (1 AU radius) would be able to resolve the shape of oceans and continents on a exoplanet... in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Unbuilt Apollo Applications concepts: X-ray telescope, GEO parabolic antenna, radio astronomy interferometer, and crewed Venus flyby ship.
April 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Unbuilt Apollo Applications concepts: X-ray telescope, GEO parabolic antenna, radio astronomy interferometer, and crewed Venus flyby ship.
Interferometer activated | Kassandra
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
August 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Interferometer activated | Kassandra
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
New lengthy history of science blog post: Hanbury Brown and Twiss and their impossible interferometer (1956). 🧪 skullsinthestars.com/2024/12/01/h...
Hanbury Brown and Twiss and their impossible interferometer (1956)
Science is in general intended to be a serious business, but every once in a while one comes across some serious research that also ends up being incredibly funny. Sometimes this is deliberate humo…
skullsinthestars.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:38 PM
New lengthy history of science blog post: Hanbury Brown and Twiss and their impossible interferometer (1956). 🧪 skullsinthestars.com/2024/12/01/h...
I'm at the Quantum Symposium at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and they have a working Lego interferometer!
April 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm at the Quantum Symposium at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and they have a working Lego interferometer!
Lutto nel mondo della Fisica. Addio a Rainer Weiss, fondatore del Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) e premio Nobel per la fisica per la rivelazione delle onde gravitazionali. Aveva 92 anni
news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92
MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, a renowned experimental physicist and Nobel laureate whose groundbreaking work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) confirmed a longst...
news.mit.edu
August 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Lutto nel mondo della Fisica. Addio a Rainer Weiss, fondatore del Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) e premio Nobel per la fisica per la rivelazione delle onde gravitazionali. Aveva 92 anni
news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
news.mit.edu/2025/profess...
It works! I built the Photon Bricks #Lego Interferometer designed by the Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics at Nottingham and Cardiff. Works like a charm.
artlab-nottingham.com/lego/
Now to find some minifigs. Should I build in Bricklinks StudIO?
#ITeachPhysics
artlab-nottingham.com/lego/
Now to find some minifigs. Should I build in Bricklinks StudIO?
#ITeachPhysics
December 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It works! I built the Photon Bricks #Lego Interferometer designed by the Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics at Nottingham and Cardiff. Works like a charm.
artlab-nottingham.com/lego/
Now to find some minifigs. Should I build in Bricklinks StudIO?
#ITeachPhysics
artlab-nottingham.com/lego/
Now to find some minifigs. Should I build in Bricklinks StudIO?
#ITeachPhysics
Spotted an interferometer on my ride!
August 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Spotted an interferometer on my ride!
A proposed design from the Apollo Applications Program for a space-based radio astronomy interferometer. With a tether extending up to 10 km, it would also give NASA experience building and deploying orbital tethers. Ultimately it was not selected for flight.
March 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A proposed design from the Apollo Applications Program for a space-based radio astronomy interferometer. With a tether extending up to 10 km, it would also give NASA experience building and deploying orbital tethers. Ultimately it was not selected for flight.
Interferometer Activated | The Twins
Moments from your adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
Moments from your adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
July 24, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Interferometer Activated | The Twins
Moments from your adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
Moments from your adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
Ready for #PhotonicsWest! Everyone needs a little coherent Mach-Zehnder action at a conference!
#Quantum folks, see you soon!
#Quantum folks, see you soon!
January 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Ready for #PhotonicsWest! Everyone needs a little coherent Mach-Zehnder action at a conference!
#Quantum folks, see you soon!
#Quantum folks, see you soon!
Gravitational waves, like those recorded at the Virgo interferometer near Pisa, Italy, are helping scientists test if individual black holes have unique qualities.
www.quantamagazine.org/astrophysici...
www.quantamagazine.org/astrophysici...
August 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Gravitational waves, like those recorded at the Virgo interferometer near Pisa, Italy, are helping scientists test if individual black holes have unique qualities.
www.quantamagazine.org/astrophysici...
www.quantamagazine.org/astrophysici...
For day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar, one of several LIGO stickers I made back in 2021!
🔭🐡
🔭🐡
December 21, 2024 at 11:04 PM
For day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar, one of several LIGO stickers I made back in 2021!
🔭🐡
🔭🐡
The strongest gravitational wave signal yet. GW250114 was detected by both arms of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana USA earlier this year.
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The strongest gravitational wave signal yet. GW250114 was detected by both arms of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana USA earlier this year.
Interferometer activated | Alexios
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Interferometer activated | Alexios
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
Moments from the adventure have been received through raindrops in the air.
I have a quantum physics-related-audio feature on the docket actually!
Acquiring and building the needed equipment has been an ongoing challenge since December, but my interferometer should be up and running by June. 🤞🏼
Acquiring and building the needed equipment has been an ongoing challenge since December, but my interferometer should be up and running by June. 🤞🏼
April 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I have a quantum physics-related-audio feature on the docket actually!
Acquiring and building the needed equipment has been an ongoing challenge since December, but my interferometer should be up and running by June. 🤞🏼
Acquiring and building the needed equipment has been an ongoing challenge since December, but my interferometer should be up and running by June. 🤞🏼
Super happy about this paper today led by the brilliant @astroshashank.bsky.social - equations and information theory about what an interferometer really encodes about a stellar surface.
New paper by me and @benjaminpope.bsky.social! How well can we map a star using optical interferometry?
This is just a submitted preprint at the moment--comments and questions welcome! (1/N)
arxiv.org/abs/2509.25433
This is just a submitted preprint at the moment--comments and questions welcome! (1/N)
arxiv.org/abs/2509.25433
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Super happy about this paper today led by the brilliant @astroshashank.bsky.social - equations and information theory about what an interferometer really encodes about a stellar surface.
The #JWST now sees the universe with stunning clarity, thanks to a fantastic, Australian team led by Benjamin Pope, Associate Professor at Macquarie University.🔭 🧪
Using AMI (Aperture Masking Interferometer), they fixed blurry images, unveiling planets, Io’s volcanoes, and black hole jets...
1/2
Using AMI (Aperture Masking Interferometer), they fixed blurry images, unveiling planets, Io’s volcanoes, and black hole jets...
1/2
Thrilled to have two years' of work out, in a pair of papers led by @gradientrider.bsky.social and @maxecharles.bsky.social.
We've built a data-driven calibration of the James Webb Interferometer to near its fundamental limits for high-res imaging - explainer at @aunz.theconversation.com!
We've built a data-driven calibration of the James Webb Interferometer to near its fundamental limits for high-res imaging - explainer at @aunz.theconversation.com!
How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away
The only Australian hardware on board the legendary telescope is starting to fulfil its duties.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The #JWST now sees the universe with stunning clarity, thanks to a fantastic, Australian team led by Benjamin Pope, Associate Professor at Macquarie University.🔭 🧪
Using AMI (Aperture Masking Interferometer), they fixed blurry images, unveiling planets, Io’s volcanoes, and black hole jets...
1/2
Using AMI (Aperture Masking Interferometer), they fixed blurry images, unveiling planets, Io’s volcanoes, and black hole jets...
1/2