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 ...

The Simonyi Survey Telescope now has its mirrors and a camera in place. (Credit: Rubin Observatory) The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey Telescope in Chile has now been equipped ...

Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports how its high precision reference flat mirrors are enabling testing and precise alignment of Earth observation satellite telescopes. Today, satellite images play a major ...

The 18th and final primary mirror segment is installed on what will be the biggest and most powerful space telescope ever launched. The final mirror installation Wednesday at NASA’s Goddard Space ...

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 ...

Everyone says it’s important to have a clear, concise mission statement. What Project Manager James Fanson, who leads the team building the Giant Magellan Telescope said about their work, may ...

NASA said it will this week move some of the larger – 46 lb — mirror segments of its future James Webb Space Telescope into a cryogenic test facility that will freeze the mirrors to -414 degrees ...

TUCSON — Hot and dry air, perfused with a scent reminiscent of a warmed hair straightener, stuffed a hangar-sized room beneath the football stadium at the University of Arizona. The space, part of the ...

Through the centuries, the telescope has gone through an incredible evolution to become the tool it is today. In the modern era, these miraculous inventions can be purchased from a variety of stores, ...

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...