The Rochester Museum & Science Center hosted a watch party Monday at the Strasenburgh Planetarium to unveil the first images ...

Science News. from research organizations. Secondary Mirror of ELT Successfully Cast: Largest convex mirror blank ever created Date: May 22, 2017 Source: European Southern Observatory - ESO ...

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Corning and L3Harris have constructed the largest Convex Mirror – taking scientists one step closer to identifying 10 to 100 more objects in the solar system. The 11 ...

The answer lies in how a car’s side-view mirrors are designed. They are convex, meaning they are curved or rounded outward.The advantage of such a shape is that it gives a driver a wider field ...

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ... Laurent Cassegrain improved upon Newton’s design in 1672 by using a concave primary mirror and a convex secondary mirror to reflect light back ...

This ingeniously solved the focal length problem of a rear mirror by reflecting the focal plane 90 degrees using a 45 degree plane mirror. Then, a simple plano-convex lens, which had been ...

According to the press release, the Rubin Observatory’s M2 is one of the largest convex mirrors ever constructed. It measures just under 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter.

Mirrors actually create an inside-out version of our world. If you think of a glove specific to the left hand, it won’t fit on the right. But if you can turn it inside out, it would.

Cars have convex mirrors instead of flat ones because they give a wider field of view. This means there are fewer blind spots, and the driver can see what's behind the car more clearly. However ...