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ARKA Completes $85 Million Investment to Expand Connecticut Facility

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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DANBURY, Conn., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ARKA Group, L.P. recently completed a major expansion of its 550,000 square-foot facility in Danbury, Connecticut, where the company is headquartered, to expand production capability of smallsat systems, payloads and optical coating capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • DANBURY, Conn., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ARKA Group, L.P. recently completed a major expansion of its 550,000 square-foot facility in Danbury, Connecticut, where the company is headquartered, to expand production capability of smallsat systems, payloads and optical coating capabilities.
  • The two-year, 14,000-foot expansion provides modern cleanrooms for rapid alignment, integration and test of sub-meter aperture EO/IR telescopes and payloads.
  • The addition also features a custom-designed facility enabling world-class, resilient, space-qualified, thin film coatings on optics for all missions.
  • The expansion brings to closure the most recent tranche of capital investment in ARKA's engineering and manufacturing facility, which has totaled nearly $100 million over the past dozen years.

NASA's Top Scientists and Dinos Decked out with Solar Eclipse Glasses Celebrate Being in the Path of Totality at The World's Largest Children's Museum

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Temperature, James Webb Space Telescope, EST, Museum, Solar System, Learning, Science, Darkness, School, Light, International Space Station, Moon, Children, Life, Human, Thought, Gateway, NASA, Telescope, ISS, Water, Multimedia, The Children's Museum, Communications satellite

INDIANAPOLIS, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The temperature dropped about 10 degrees, a cool breeze sent chills across shoulders and down spines as an eerie darkness crept over the sky in Indianapolis on Monday afternoon. The giant dinosaurs bursting out of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (the world's largest children's museum) were safely prepared with huge solar protective glasses; but the humans had a challenging time describing the breathtaking display and what they felt as the moon completely blocked the sun for close to four minutes shortly after 3 p.m. EST in Indianapolis. There was a powerful sense of awe, wonder and disbelief. Then just as the moon covered the sun and a halo of light peeked out around it, cheers erupted as visitors celebrated what many are calling a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Key Points: 
  • It's our only chance to study the inner atmosphere of the sun called the corona, which is a mysterious place.
  • We don't know how the sun makes it that hot, the rest of the sun isn't that hot.
  • Jane Rigsby
    Some of the top scientists in the world also expressed their fascination with the celestial occurrence.
  • Those who are wondering what The Children's Museum is doing with leftover eclipse glasses will be happy to know they are being recycled.

Global Sports Optics Analysis 2023: A $2.73 Billion Market by 2029 Featuring Key vendors - Nikon, Swarovski, Beretta, Vortex, Leica Camera, Carlyle group, ATN, and Trijicon Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
General Sports, Optical, Health, Sports, Astronomy, Culture, Camping, Telescope, Growth, Sport, Environment, COVID-19, ZEISS, Law enforcement, Sale, SFL, Asian Games, Olympic Games, Water, Golf, Snow, Telescopic sight

The "Global Sports Optics Market: Analysis By Type, By Region Size and Trends with Impact of COVID-19 and Forecast up to 2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Global Sports Optics Market: Analysis By Type, By Region Size and Trends with Impact of COVID-19 and Forecast up to 2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The global sports optics market value stood at US$2.17 in 2023, and is expected to reach US$2.73 billion by 2029.
  • The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.94% over the projected period of 2024-2029.
  • The report provides the bifurcation of the sports optics market into five segments on the basis of type: binoculars, rifle scopes, rangefinders, telescopes, and others.

Wolters Kluwer compliance professionals to discuss new Community Reinvestment Act regulations

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Friday, March 15, 2024
Legal, Technology, Finance, Consulting, Fintech, Accounting, Professional Services, Small Business, Software, Community, Wolters Kluwer, Register, FCC, CRA, Federal Register, CT Corporation, Risk management, Interview, Telescope

Compliance professionals from Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions will host a webinar this month to discuss key definitional changes under the final rule amending the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.

Key Points: 
  • Compliance professionals from Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions will host a webinar this month to discuss key definitional changes under the final rule amending the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.
  • Regulatory compliance professionals Jason Keller and Kris Stewart of the Wolters Kluwer Financial & Corporate Compliance division will provide an overview of these definitional changes to help guide CRA practitioners through their organizations’ updated rule implementation processes.
  • Reporters wishing to arrange an interview on navigating CRA compliance obligations with Wolters Kluwer experts, such as Keller and Stewart, are invited to contact David Feider , Associate Director, External Communications, Wolters Kluwer FCC.
  • Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions is a market leader and trusted provider of risk management and regulatory compliance solutions and services to U.S. banks, credit unions, insurers and securities firms.

CENIC Recognizes Pacific Northwest Gigapop for Efforts that Expand Research and Education Networking in North America and Beyond

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Monday, March 11, 2024
Technology, Research, Telecommunications, Networks, Internet, University, Primary, Secondary, Science, Education, AMPATH, Physics, Astronomy, Internet2, Organization, Earth, Biomedical engineering, Computation, WRN, Partnership, Genetics, University of Hawaiʻi, Artificial intelligence, Biology, WIX, Large Hadron Collider, Empowerment, Radio, Telescope, Geography, Internet exchange point, Starlight, Machine learning, CENIC, Pacific Rim, Engineering, Virtual reality, Drug

The CENIC Innovations in Networking Awards recognize exemplary people, projects, and organizations that leverage high-bandwidth networking.

Key Points: 
  • The CENIC Innovations in Networking Awards recognize exemplary people, projects, and organizations that leverage high-bandwidth networking.
  • The PNWGP is renowned for its expertise in connecting diverse institutions, fostering collaborative environments, and driving technological innovation.
  • Through their work, PNWGP has effectively bridged geographic and institutional boundaries, enabling researchers and educators to access and share vast resources seamlessly.
  • It provides advanced, robust high-speed networking for research, education, and related uses leveraging Internet2’s optical infrastructure.

Guide Sensmart Built R&D and Production System of Full Infrared Industry Chain

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Momentum, LM, Algorithm, Infrared, Night vision, Artificial intelligence, Software, People's Daily, Telescope

Over the years, Guide sensmart ("the Company") has been dedicated to technology innovation.

Key Points: 
  • Over the years, Guide sensmart ("the Company") has been dedicated to technology innovation.
  • "In the past, the personnel should check hundreds of points in thermal power station, it often took several days."
  • R&D manager Cui of Guide sensmart introduced, "now inspection personnel can monitor the status of all equipment in real time, sitting in the control center."
  • Guide sensmart will continue to insist on technology innovation, applying infrared technology to meet customer needs to provide more professional, efficient and convenient solutions.

Ohio High School Adopts Novel Approach to Celebrating the Total Solar Eclipse

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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HUDSON, Ohio, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- While many schools will be closed on April 8, 2024 for the total solar eclipse, Western Reserve Academy (WRA) in Hudson, OH is using the day to celebrate its place in the path of totality, and its place in history.

Key Points: 
  • OH high school with US's oldest observatory plans novel celebration for Eclipse Day.
  • Viewing the eclipse in the path of totality will continue the school's fascination with exploration, science and the wonders of the cosmos.
  • It is ranked top in the state for STEM and college preparation and was named the Most Beautiful Private School in Ohio by Architectural Digest.
  • The spirited school believes in joy in education and has been known to sing about it .

How medieval chroniclers interpreted solar eclipses and other celestial events

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Friday, April 5, 2024
Element, Attention, Forecasting, Growth, Islam, Astrology, Memory, Agriculture, Planet, Suns, Observation, Moon, Canterbury Cathedral, Motion, Death, Chronicle of Melrose, Nature, Mercury, Marshall Hodgson, Eye, Conqueror, Person, Telescope, Astronomy, Water, Atmosphere, Weather, Liberal arts education, Calendar, Benedictines, Medicine

Medieval monastic thinkers often recorded celestial events such as eclipses.

Key Points: 
  • Medieval monastic thinkers often recorded celestial events such as eclipses.
  • Most medieval observation of the heavens was by eye.
  • Chroniclers, if not observing the event themselves, would rely on an eyewitness or other written records for the details.
  • It is important to appreciate that this explains the serious attention paid to astrology in ancient and medieval thought.
  • Direct correlations were made then by chroniclers of the period between celestial phenomena and political change – bearing in mind that most, if not all, chronicles were written after the fact.
  • A comet is a star which is not always visible, but which appears most frequently upon the death of a king, or on the destruction of a kingdom.
  • Another example, from September 13 1178, concerns the observation of the “horns” of the partially eclipsed Sun rotating to point towards the Earth.
  • This was followed in the same year by a cruel war and terrible bloodshed in those counties, and general disturbances happened throughout England, Wales and Ireland.

Today’s celestial spectacles

  • These days, celestial spectacles are seen as simply manifestations of the richness of a natural world that is explicable, at least in principle.
  • Nevertheless, despite the predictive success of, for example, the theory of gravity and classical dynamics, there are still problems that remain unpredictable.


Giles Gasper receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK, and The Leverhulme Trust Brian Tanner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

A total solar eclipse presents a unique opportunity to witness a rare phenomenon — but protect your eyes

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Friday, April 5, 2024
Eclipse, Brain, University, Cell, Library, Internet, Light, Moon, Child, Eye, Solar flare, Telescope, Retina, Safety, Pain, American Astronomical Society, Weather

A solar eclipse is a rare and beautiful astronomic phenomenon as the orbiting moon blocks out the sun, making twilight out of a sunny day.

Key Points: 
  • A solar eclipse is a rare and beautiful astronomic phenomenon as the orbiting moon blocks out the sun, making twilight out of a sunny day.
  • Witnessing a total solar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and a spectacle that millions of people think will be worth travelling for.

Permanent damage

  • The retina contains the sensitive cells that turn light into electrical signals sent to our brain, allowing us to see.
  • Your eyes aren’t burned, but the blue light can cause a chemical reaction that can permanently damage the retina.
  • To look directly at a partial solar eclipse safely we need to block almost all the sun’s light.


This allows you to look at the bright sun — even without an eclipse — without pain or eye damage. These glasses are readily available at many retailers, and some are being donated by libraries and universities in Canada and the United States along the eclipse’s path. It is strongly recommended to only purchase glasses from certified vendors, such as those listed on this list from the American Astronomical Society.

Safe viewing practices

  • A great way to prepare for the eclipse is to practice — look at the sun through the glasses before the eclipse.
  • Small children should be supervised when viewing the eclipse.
  • If the child is too young to follow the instructions above, then you should keep them inside to be perfectly safe.

Indirect watching

  • If you don’t have certified glasses, there are indirect ways of looking at a partial solar eclipse.
  • A pinhole camera allows the eclipsed sun’s disk to be projected onto a screen using only a cardboard box, a piece of aluminium foil and some tape.
  • You can find out if you are within the path of the total eclipse using various online maps.

Eclipse magic

  • Take off the glasses and look up to see this, and the sunrise visible all around you, for the few minutes of total eclipse magic.
  • If the weather is good, crowds watching the eclipse may be large, so be patient and prepared for delays.


Robert Knobel does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

A solar eclipse and a black hole can both bend light

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Galaxy, Temperature, Astronomy, Attention, Eridanus (constellation), Light, Moon, Mercury, Radio, Telescope, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Planet, Lithium

During night-like conditions created during the totality of a solar eclipse, like that of April 8, planets and stars are visible.

Key Points: 
  • During night-like conditions created during the totality of a solar eclipse, like that of April 8, planets and stars are visible.
  • Venus and Jupiter, bracketing the sun, will be very noticeable, while Mercury will be rather faint.

Bending light

  • Despite some of his discoveries now being strong evidence for light being waves, he concluded at the time that light was made of particles and would indeed be affected by gravity.
  • However, by the late 19th century, Newton’s ideas on light were discarded, and it was thought to be waves, and thus unaffected by gravity.
  • Observing the bending of light appeared to be a good second test of the revolutionary new concept of gravity as “curved spacetime,” but only the sun, about 330,000 times more massive than Earth, was strong enough to bend light slightly.

New equipment, new observations

  • The noted English astronomer, Sir Arthur Eddington, made the first conclusive observations in 1919 from observation sites in South America and Africa.
  • It seemed some stars could have about the mass of the sun, but only be the size of a planet.
  • Read more:
    'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds': who was atom bomb pioneer Robert Oppenheimer?
  • It now appears that most large galaxies, including ours, have black holes at their centres.

Bending power

  • Although black holes have the most bending power, agglomerations of mass in deep space — including mysterious dark matter — also bend light.
  • Since light from the distant objects they magnify for us took a long time to get here, it started its trip when the universe was young.


Martin Connors receives funding from NSERC.