This high-powered spectrograph is linked to the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran.

FORBES: Searching for the Siblings of the Sun

Mary, an Oklahoma high school senior, built a spectrograph that could have significant impact on research and industry.

FORBES: Craig R. Barrett

Europe would provide important components, including the primary mirror and a spectrograph.

BBC: Herschel space telescope finishes mission

Within lay the flawed wiring of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS).

BBC: Brute force helps Hubble renewal

In both cases, the two words are nearly indistinguishable to an English speaker, but yield starkly different patterns when run through a spectrograph.

ECONOMIST: Linguistics

Two astronauts took eight hours to resurrect a spectrograph which is used to study the chemistry of astronomical objects and failed five years ago.

BBC: Brute force helps Hubble renewal

In addition, there is a spectrograph that will slice light into its component colours so scientists can discern something of the chemistry of far-flung phenomena.

BBC: Science & Environment

The spectrograph's job is to untangle the chemistry of space.

BBC: Herschel space telescope to go blind

On Sunday, mission specialists Michael Massimino and Michael Good had to contend with a handrail blocking their access to the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), resorting in the end to tearing it off with brute force.

BBC: Shuttle releases repaired Hubble