A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a gravitationally lensed galaxy called SGAS J143845+145407. This galaxy lies further away but is magnified by a larger celestial body.

The Hubble Space Telescope is a constant source of pictures of the wonders of space, ... It shows the galaxy SGAS J143845+145407, which appears twice as if in a mirror.

In 1978, Corning began work on two mirrors for the Hubble Space Telescope. They were not made from Pyrex, as was the Hale Telescope Mirror, but instead of Ultra Low Expansion (ULE) fused titanium ...

Spectacular revelations courtesy of Hubble 12:12. Thirty years ago Friday, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the shuttle Discovery with a famously flawed mirror, the opening chapter ...

Engineers have finished coating the mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope, set to be the successor to Hubble. The mirror coating process is a major milestone in the construction of the NASA ...

The Hubble Space Telescope’s 7.9-foot-diameter (2.4 meters) primary mirror remains remarkably robust and resilient. Astronomers have not measured any degradation in the amount of light the ...

NASA technicians are testing mirror prototypes for the James E. Webb Space Telescope, due for launch in 2011. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Technicians on Saturday will fire up a furnace in Arizona to more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to pour glass to fabricate a mirror 27 feet in diameter that will be part of a giant telescope with ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the mirror image of a distant galaxy. NASA released the photo which appears to show two galaxies, but is actually one duplicated by gravitational lensing.