Flagstaff, Ariz. – Lowell Observatory announces completion of the 4.3-meter-diameter (14 ft.) primary mirror blank for the Discovery Channel Telescope by Corning, Inc. After two years in production at ...

When scientists are looking into space, the more they can see, the easier it is to piece together the puzzle of the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror blanks have now been constructed.

The European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ESO’s ELT), under construction in the Chilean Atacama Desert, is one step closer to completion. German company SCHOTT has successfully ...

It will take University of Arizona scientists a year to polish each 18-ton mirror. They plan to finish by 2028. By Chuck Squatriglia Published Oct 15, 2019 6:45 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Aug. 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A primary mirror segment of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has completed the final step in the manufacturing process. It is the first of the ...

Aug. 31—CANTON — A massive 11-foot-wide mirror, created in Canton, is installed at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The mirror will help scientists identify potentially harmful asteroids and ...

Last week, in a spinning tank beneath the University of Arizona's football stadium, an oven kicked to life. The oven, at the University of Arizona's Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab, began to heat a 20-ton ...

Have you seen images online of a giant, golden honeycomb poised to launch into space? That's the iconic mirror that will allow the James Webb Space Telescope to study corners of the cosmos never ...

When scientists are looking into space, the more they can see, the easier it is to piece together the puzzle of the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope's mirror blanks have now been constructed.