In a groundbreaking development for astrophysics, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... What was once thought to be a fairly spherical nebula is now understood to be a far more complex ...

Over the years, larger telescopes have been built, thanks to computers, lasers and innovative mirror-building technologies. As a result, the massive Palomar reflector has dropped out of the top 20 ...

This is the second, and more promising, time chemicals associated with life have been detected in the planet's atmosphere by Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). But the team and independent ...

Caris Mirror Lab, beneath the University of Arizona’s football stadium in Tucson, is a world-renowned facility where some of the largest and most advanced telescope mirrors are crafted.

A recent test demonstrated the ability of the telescope to fully deploy its shiny new mirror, which is one of the first things it’ll have to do after being sent to space, and before it can ...