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Optics

Nipsea Group Reports Ultrablack Automotive Coating That Absorbs About 99.9% of Visible Light

Laser Phase Plate Boosts Cryo‑EM Clarity for Tiny Proteins

EPFL Shrinks Tabletop Femtosecond Laser Onto a Photonic Chip

Deep-Sea Fangjaw Uses Needle-Shaped Guanine Prisms to Scatter and Recycle Its Glow

Hubble Reanalysis Weakens Case for Water Plumes on Europa

NASA-Backed Maps Fix 2027 Total Solar Eclipse With Rare 6-Minute Totality

Indonesia’s ‘Rainbow Clouds’ Are Real, Weather Agency Confirms

Texas A&M Demonstrates Laser-Driven ‘Metajets’ With 3D Control

MIT Team Coaxes Chaotic Fiber Laser Into ‘Pencil Beam’ for Fast 3D Brain-Barrier Imaging

Plasma ‘Mirror’ Breakthrough Points to Record Lab Light Intensities

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Pink Moon Over Germany Tonight: When to See It

New 3D Gaussian Splatting Papers Advance Tracking, Expose Adversarial Weaknesses

Spain Gears Up for 2026 Total Eclipse Ahead of 2027’s Longest Land Totality

Spain Unveils Official Portal and Local Programs for 2026–2028 Eclipse Trio

MIT Unveils ‘Photonic Ski Jumps’ That Launch Thousands of Laser Beams From a Chip

NASA Timelapse, Rare Blue Band Define Afterglow of 2026 ‘Blood Moon’

All-Optical AI Advances With Ultrafast Activation and Photonic Spiking Reinforcement Learning

Europe and China Demonstrate Gigabit Laser Links to High Orbit, With China Holding a Three‑Hour Connection

March 3 Total Lunar Eclipse Turns Moon Red Across Wide Swath of the Globe

Total Lunar Eclipse Tints Moon Red Over Parts of Japan as Clouds Block Much of the Country

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