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 ...

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them. Big telescopes feature some of the finest and most precise mirrors ...

Inside a massive clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Maryland the James Webb Space Telescope team is steadily installing the largest space telescope mirror ever Unlike other space ...

Mirrors are a critical part of any space telescope, and the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirrors are made of a special element that will enable it to withstand the rigors of space and see farther back ...

Just 14 days after launching, the world's most complex space observatory has already overcome some of its greatest challenges. The James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed the unfolding of ...

When it comes to telescopes and how powerful they are for looking deep into the cosmos, there are lots of factors to consider. Such as the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum the telescope operate ...

TUCSON, AZ — We have an inside look at part of what makes the University of Arizona the most active university in space exploration. UA officials say the space programs launch $560 million into ...

Night after night in the dry air of Chile's Atacama Desert, fine dust and pollutants settle on the aluminum coating of the mirrors belonging to the Very Large Telescope, part of the European Southern ...

The first 18 pieces for one of the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) mirrors have started their 10,000 kilometer journey from France to Chile. It’s a key step on the way ...

Astronomers are one step closer to gaining a deeper understanding of the universe as UA scientists recently unveiled the third of seven mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope. The Steward ...

UA optical scientists are set to begin almost two years of high-precision polishing and grinding work on a 4.3-meter mirror that will form the core of a $40 million Discovery Channel telescope near ...