Caris Mirror Lab. This highly sophisticated system ... times the number of parts of a typical car—is vital to the telescope's optical performance and precision control. The milestone marks ...

(KGUN) — Construction is underway on a next-generation optical telescope, up to 200 times more powerful than the best telescopes used today. The Giant Magellan Telescope's seven mirrors are ...

The construction of the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is making significant strides in the remote ...

"Utilizing this basic physics phenomenon, we deposited a polymer onto this perfect optical surface, which formed a parabolic thin membrane that can be used as the primary mirror of a telescope ...

The Department of Defense’s largest telescope atop Haleakala underwent a four-month process to recoat the thin aluminum surface of its primary mirror. The Air Force Maui Optical and ...

"With Webb's mirrors exposed to space, we expected that occasional micrometeoroid impacts would gracefully degrade telescope performance over time," said Lee Feinberg, Webb optical telescope ...

For most of us, mirrors are something we buy instead of build. However, [Unnecessary Automation] wanted to craft mirrors of his own for a custom telescope build. As it turns out, producing ...

Peking University wants to build the largest optical telescope in Asia ... resembling the mirror for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The mirror would have a diameter of around 19.7 feet ...

Make the mirrors any larger ... which is currently the largest optical telescope in the world. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

Originally, the telescope was an optical instrument much like a spyglass, using lenses, mirrors, or some combination of the two. Today, the term "telescope" describes a wide range of instruments ...