StellarNet, Inc. News and Press Releases
News and Updates for 2026
Hocus Pocus 2- Debunking Movie Myths with Spectroscopy in the newly Released Sequel
Credits: Disney+ Hotstar The StellarNet coven is back and ready to help you gain intelligence from light! Last year, our witches and warlocks used a variety of spectroscopy techniques to further their knowledge and gain more power over light. This year, they are using...
3rd Place: Beyond Vision: The near-infrared reflectance of butterfly wings and how the environment geometry and abiotic factors impact butterflies’ NIR reflectance
Congratulations to our third-place winner Ph.D. candidate Sofia Schirmer and Associate Professor Felipe Gawryszewski at Universidade de Brasília for their research on near-infrared reflectance in butterfly wings. This team has been studying butterflies in the Cerrados...
2nd Place Winners of the 2022 Spectroscopy Application Challenge: Spectroscopy Used for Advances in Biomedical Imaging
Congratulations to our second-place winner Professor Stacy Copp, Ph.D. Candidate Anna Gonzalez Rosell, and their team at the University of California, Irvine. They are using biomolecular engineering to develop NIR bio-labels that is within a class of fluorophores. The...
The SpectraWizard’s Spectroscopy Application Challenge Results 2022
The SpectraWizard’s Spectroscopy Application Challenge has now officially ended! Spectroscopists from all over the world competed against each other for a chance to win over $5,000 in StellarCash. Please check out the winning spectroscopy applications below and don't...
A Brief History of the Sky’s Blueness
How to: Be Uninteresting About Atmospheric Optics When I was asked to do a piece for this month’s Marketing campaign, I decided to ask my kids what they thought I should write about. They hated all my ideas, including explaining why we see the colors in the sky that...
The SpectraWizard’s Summer Spectroscopy BBQ
It’s summer, and like most people at this time of year, the SpectraWizard is excited about summer barbeques. In fact, he’s so excited that he’s hosting one and you are invited! What is on the menu you may ask? How does fresh pork and beef sound? Don’t worry - if you...
The SpectraWizard’s Choice for Newly Released James Webb Telescope Image goes to the “Cosmic Dance”
The SpectraWizard's Choice for Newly Released James Webb Telescope Image goes to the "Cosmic Dance" After considerable review of NASA's recently released James Webb space telescope images, the SpectraWizard has chosen the "Cosmic Dance" image of Stephan's Quintet to...
Spectroscopy of Summer Fruit Salads – Have you eaten the rainbow today?
Have you eaten the rainbow today? The SpectraWizard isn’t the only one who should be enjoying rainbows. One of the best ways to “eat the rainbow” as many nutritionists recommend is to fill your plate with a variety of colorful, flavorful, and nutrient-dense fruits and...
StellarNet Celebrates 30 Years of Developing Intelligence from Light!
StellarNet celebrates 30 years of "Developing Intelligence from Light". Since 1992, StellarNet's mini rugged spectrometers have been used all over the world in different spectroscopy applications. From analyzing the Sun's spectral intensity to the development of UV...
ChemWiz Concentration Analysis of Easter Egg Dye
Eggs represent new life, fertility, and rebirth and for these reasons have been absorbed into the springtime Easter celebration. This Easter season, the StellarNet team thinks it is an eggcellent time to introduce the newest addition to the handheld spectrophotometer...