Flagstaff, Ariz. – Lowell Observatory announces completion of the 4.3-meter-diameter (14 ft.) primary mirror blank for the Discovery Channel Telescope by Corning, Inc. After two years in ...

When scientists are looking into space, the more they can see, the easier it is to piece together the puzzle of the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope's mirror blanks have now been constructed.

Corning donates $1.8M mirror blank to the BoldlyGo Institute in New York City. Polishing and finishing of the Corning mirror will be done at Exelis Inc. in Rochester. After others had tried and ...

The casting of the secondary mirror blank for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has been completed by SCHOTT at Mainz, Germany. The completed mirror will be 4.2 metres in diameter and weigh ...

image: The JWST telescope is composed of 18 hexagonal-shaped segments. Here, one of the 18 segments is shown ready to be shipped from Axsys Technologies which manufactured the mirror blanks. view more ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) says that the casting of the secondary mirror blank for its Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) project – the largest convex mirror ever produced - has been ...

He said producing the mirror blank takes a very long time. Initial engineering work on the mirror of the Vera telescope began in 2009. When it gets down to manufacturing, the process can take a year.

His research on plastic telescope mirrors will likely continue to shape his undergraduate experience at RIT. Moving his work forward is a priority for Every, who hopes to win another summer fellowship ...

When scientists are looking into space, the more they can see, the easier it is to piece together the puzzle of the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror blanks have now been constr… ...