When it comes to telescope mirrors, larger is generally better. The larger your main mirror, the more light you can capture ...

TNO is excited to provide cutting edge adaptive optics technology to improve the vision of the world-class Keck Observatory.

The world's largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.

"The operations work at STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA contractors is funded by the operational ...

[Hank Green] posted an interesting video about the first liquid mirror telescope from back in the 1850s. At the time, scientists were not impressed. But, these days, people are revisiting the idea.

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Progress has also been made on the polygon structure at the base inside of the dome that will support the telescope's main mirror (M1), and on the "spider" structure on top of it, which will hold ...

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

The boxes are due to be assembled into one giant mirror approximately 1-1/2 times the size of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet ...