Lightweight High Resolution Mirror (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Lightweight High Resolution Mirror

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Thin, lightweight, high-resolution mirrors, such as the one shown here, are vital to next-generation X-ray missions. Will Zhang and Raul Rivera are advancing a technique for manufacturing these optics using silicon.

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Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk

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