The primary mirror, M1, is the largest mirror ever made for an optical telescope. “It’s 39m [128ft] in diameter, made up of [798] hexagonal mirror segments, aligned so that it behaves as a ...
American space agency NASA says it has begun installing the telescope assembly in the space observatory that will become ...
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has ...
The telescope can peek into the past, learning how the universe looked 13 billion years ago. It uses real gold-plated mirrors to pierce through the vastness of the cosmos. Telescope mirrors ...
The technological marvel that is the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... To do this, it's been given a 6.5m-wide, golden mirror that engineers are now checking one last time.