A superconducting detector can count photons and measure their energy with an accuracy that could be good enough for space-based far-infrared telescopes.
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Prober, D. Astronomers look to nanotechnology. Nature Nanotech 3, 459–460 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.221
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