Most people would never guess that housed on the east side of Arizona Stadium is the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory. Funneling into ZonaZoo, students pass by the mirror lab each football Saturday, ...
The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab recently completed polishing a $23 million, 8.4-meter (27.5 feet) diameter mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). It is the first of eight giant mirrors that ...
Chances are you’ve seen Arizona Stadium before. You might have even watched a football game or two while cheering from the student section. But did you know that underneath the east wing of the ...
The LSST Corporation has awarded a $2.3 million contract to the University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Lab to purchase the glass and begin engineering work for the 8.4-meter diameter main ...