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Specialized Optical Mirrors Set to Unlock the Universe’s Darkest Mysteries

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Optical mirrors made of floated borosilicate glass installed at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment will help paint a more detailed picture of dark energy and the universe’s expansion.

TINA GALLO, SCHOTT NORTH AMERICA INC.

Large telescopes all across the world stare into the sky day and night, waiting to uncover the secrets of the cosmos. For the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, the world’s third-largest optical telescope, located at The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory, that means setting its sights on one of the most mysterious forces in the universe — dark energy. Contrary to earlier beliefs that the universe is static, it is now assumed that it expands. The force driving this expansion, which seems faster than many scientists once thought possible, is dark energy, and...Read full article

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    Published: May 2016
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    borosilicate glass
    A strong, heat-resistant glass that contains a minimum of 5 percent boric oxide.
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