Thousands of stars and galaxies set a phenomenal backdrop in this Hubble Space Telescope image that ... set against a background of thousands of more distant stars and galaxies," NASA officials ...

Swartzlander says it will take decades to perfect the technology for making glitter mirrors that can fly in space. But that doesn't mean this is just a pie-in-the-sky idea. "We've already ...

Here’s how it works. Using clouds of glitter to reflect light could be a way of reducing the weight of future space telescopes, scientists say. The technology, called Orbiting Rainbows ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 25th year in orbit, but NASA scientists are already working on its successor, which may utilize glitter to carry out observations. This new system ...