The Giant Magellan Telescope begins the four-year process to fabricate and polish its seventh and final primary mirror, the last required to complete the telescope’s 368 square meter light collecting ...
The powerful instrument promises to reveal the cosmos in greater detail than ever before. To accomplish this feat, engineers ...
The University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Lab’s casting of the first mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) “appears to be essentially perfect,” UA Steward Observatory Director Peter ...
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 ...
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 ...
PASADENA, CA — September 26, 2023 — The Giant Magellan Telescope begins the four-year process to fabricate and polish its seventh and final primary mirror, the last required to complete the ...
In May 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) encountered a problem. The giant observatory, perched 1 million miles from Earth, has a honeycomb-like configuration of mirror panels to see the ...
Mike Every knows about grinding glass—and he doesn’t like it. The second-year physics major from Saugerties, N.Y., is an amateur telescope maker with an idea for producing lightweight mirrors out of ...
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