Mirrors are a critical part of any space telescope, and the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirrors are made of a special element that will enable it to withstand the rigors of space and see farther back ...

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Materion Corporation (NYSE: MTRN), a world leader in high performing advanced materials, today celebrates the release of the first full-color images captured ...

“Mirrors, mirrors on the Webb, who in the land is fairest of all?” project scientist Mark Clampin asked six of the mirrors to be built on the Webb Space Telescope ...

NASA: Recently, six James Webb Space Telescope beryllium mirror segments completed a series of cryogenic tests at the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ...

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has begun calibration and assembly of the first flight primary mirror segment for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the cryogenic infrared observatory ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s gold-plated, beryllium mirrors are beautiful feats of engineering. Source - NASA NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s gold-plated, beryllium mirrors are beautiful ...

It takes two unique types of mirrors working together to see farther back in time and space than ever before, and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have just received one of each type.