Fourth-Generation Technology Will Change the Future of Ground-Based Observing April 19, 2024 When you look up at the sky on a dark night, you’ll notice that the stars appear to twinkle. Read more Image
Making Giant Mirrors from Stars April 19, 2024 At 200 times more powerful than today’s best telescopes... Read more Image
The last required piece of the world's largest telescope takes shape at UArizona Oct. 10, 2023 Read more Image
Podcast: Mirrors Built Under College Football Stadium Sept. 17, 2021 In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a spinning furnace tucked under the football stadium at the University of Arizona, designed to help build giant telescope mirrors. Read more Image
Mirrors for Magellan April 21, 2021 A behind-the-scenes tour of the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory which leads the world in making giant, lightweight mirrors of unprecedented power for a new generation of optical telescopes. Read more Image
Spinning Glass To See The Stars March 15, 2021 Hubert Martin, Project Scientist at the Mirror Polishing Program, talks with SciFri’s Charles Bergquist about the mirror production process, and the challenges of working with glass on massive scales. Read more Image