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Cryogenic testing completed for James Webb telescope mirrors

Cryogenic testing is complete for the final six primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The milestone represents the successful culmination of a process ...

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Assembly stand completed for James Webb Telescope flight optics

(PhysOrg.com) -- The cleanroom at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. has received a giant structural steel frame that will be used to assemble the mirrors and instruments of the James Webb ...

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created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

James Webb telescope completes mirror-coating milestone

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development. The mirrors that will fly aboard the telescope have completed the coating process at Quantum Coating Inc. ...

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created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Two kinds of Webb telescope mirrors arrive at NASA Goddard

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. Primary ...

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created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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UA makes mirrors for world's largest telescope

(PhysOrg.com) -- The second of seven 27-foot diameter mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope was cast on Jan. 14 inside a rotating furnace at the UA's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab.

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

China, India to jump forward with Hawaii telescope

China and India are catapulting to the forefront of astronomy research with their decision to join as partners in a Hawaii telescope that will be the world's largest when it's built later this decade.

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created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Ford sets the stage for Fusion 2013 in Detroit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ford is to cars like Apple and Microsoft are to computers; the public knows they are being marketed to the hilt but that does not stem public curiosity year after year to see the newest models ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

James Webb Space Telescope: A year of achievement and success

The James Webb Space Telescope marked a year of significant progress in 2011 as it continues to come together as NASA's next generation space telescope. The year brought forth a pathfinder backplane to support ...

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For NASA Webb telescope engineers, COCOA this winter means precision testing

Engineers working on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are bringing out the COCOA this winter, but it's not a warm beverage. Rather, it's a way to check that the mirrors are perfectly shaped and will work ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hasson brings real life into the lab to examine cognitive processing

Princeton University neuroscientist Uri Hasson strives to make research conditions in his lab as true to real life as possible, using uncommon subject matter — including slapstick comedy and high-school ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Length of flanking repeat region and timing affect genetic material

In children with genomic disorders, often a gamete – egg or sperm – has gone disastrously awry with either a duplication or deletion of genetic material that results in physical and neurological problems for the ...

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unraveling genomic changes in the brain

Scientists have known for some time that individual organisms are far more than the sum of their gene sequences. So-called epigenetic variations encompass a diverse array of chemical modifications to DNA that ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Being 'secondary' is important for a Webb Telescope mirror

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Secondary" may not sound as important as "primary" but when it comes to the next-generation James Webb Space Telescope a secondary mirror plays a critical role in ensuring the telescope gathers ...

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created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 10

NASA completes mirror polishing for James Webb Space Telescope

Mirrors are a critical part of a telescope. The quality is crucial, so completion of mirror polishing represents a major milestone. All of the mirrors that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...

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created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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