Space & Spaceflight Webb Space Telescope Deploys Secondary Mirror as It Zooms Toward Final Destination Webb launched just 12 days ago, and the next-gen observatory is quickly taking shape.

Hawaii News » Work progresses on decommissioning: CSO Telescope’s secondary mirror removed last week Tuesday, August 29, 2023 12:05 am The CSO on Thursday, before the removal of the secondary ...

In another major milestone for the James Webb Space Telescope, a motor-driven tripod unfolded as planned Wednesday, moving a 2.4-foot-wide secondary mirror into position to reflect collected ...

The raw secondary mirror for the Extremely Large Telescope has been cast; now it will spend a year cooling before it is meticulously ground and polished into a precise shape for the megatelescope.

Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 3.5-meter secondary mirror has been installed on the Simonyi Survey Telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile. The glass mirror—made by Corning Advanced Optics and polished ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

On Saturday, the James Webb Space Telescope successfully unfolded its primary mirror, a massive milestone in its mission.

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope is slated to probe the cosmos for Earthlike worlds and atmospheric signatures of potential extraterrestrial life.

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 ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s adaptive secondary mirrors will be able to reshape the primary mirror surface 2,000 times a second to keep up with the turbulence in the atmosphere.

Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 3.5-meter secondary mirror has been installed on the Simonyi Survey Telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile. The glass mirror—made by Corning Advanced Optics and polished ...