NASA's next flagship mission -- the James Webb Space Telescope -- will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once the observatory ...

Jerry Nelson, an astronomer who designed advanced telescopes that help scientists glimpse far reaches of the universe, died in his Santa Cruz home. He was 73.The University of California, Santa Cruz, ...

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Frederic Bertley (left), vice president of the Franklin Institute, presented the Benjamin Franklin Medal to Nelson at the campus ceremony. Astronomer Jerry Nelson received the Franklin Institute’s ...

Jerry Nelson, a pioneering astronomer known for his innovative designs for advanced telescopes, died June 10 at his home in Santa Cruz. He was 73. A professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics at ...

After four years of planning and an intricate moving process, the Naval Postgraduate School on Tuesday celebrated the arrival of a 3-meter-wide segmented mirror telescope. The multi-million-dollar ...

Eastman Kodak Company's Commercial and Government Systems division has delivered the world's largest optical reflecting surface as a component in the Hobby-Eberly telescope located at McDonald ...

SANTA CRUZ >> Jerry Nelson, a pioneering astronomer known for his innovative designs for advanced telescopes, died Saturday at his home in Santa Cruz. He was 73. A professor emeritus of astronomy and ...