stackyFACTSThe cosmos isn't naturally as vibrant as space agencies want you to think. They capture multiple exposures through distinct color-filtering lenses and artificially smash them together to create those breathtaking, highly-processed nebula images.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
Technology →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
Figuring out the exact curve of a lens used to involve a lot of aggressive guessing before this instrument arrived. A spherometer uses three fixed legs and…
Discover more
The screens inside a headset look like a funhouse mirror if viewed directly. Because the thick magnifying lenses pinch the image drastically, the processor…
Discover more
When solar cells were first invented, they were so laughably expensive that absolutely nobody on Earth could justify bolting them to their roof. The only…
Discover more
When standard rulers are not pretentious enough, scientists use overlapping light beams to measure the impossible. Interferometers split a beam, send it down…
Discover more
Squeezing light through a tiny hole causes the waves to physically interfere with each other, meaning maximum focus actually results in a softer image.
Discover more
Elon Musk didn't just want his astronauts to survive the vacuum of space; he wanted them to look incredibly cool doing it. The sleek, tailored SpaceX suits…
Discover more