The Giant Magellan Telescope begins the four-year process to fabricate and polish its seventh and final primary mirror, the last required to complete the telescope’s 368 square meter light collecting ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Consortium* announces that the GMT will be constructed at Cerro Las Campanas, Chile. This location was selected for its high altitude, dry climate, dark skies, and ...

PASADENA, Calif., June 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope and IDOM today announced that the telescope’s enclosure, set to be one of the world’s largest astronomical facilities, ...

ROCKFORD, IL — August 28, 2024 — The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. today announced the start of manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount built in the ...

PASADENA, CA, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope today welcomes Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), a distinguished Taiwanese research ...

PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope today announced the launch of Universo Expansivo, a new education program designed to increase accessibility in ...

As the 10th American institution to invest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 16 members from the United States, Chile, Australia, ...

Dennis Zaritsky and Buell T. Jannuzi Special To The Arizona Daily Star Nov 25, 2012 Nov 25, 2012 Galileo was the first person to point a telescope toward the heavens, and his observations of the moons ...

World’s largest optical mirror successfully installed on support system prototype for the first time to validate telescope’s extraordinary performance. Installation of one of GMT’s 8.4-m-diameter ...

Chilean technicians exploded the top off of Las Campanas Peak in the Atacama Desert to begin the construction of a telescope ten times as powerful as the Hubble on Friday morning. The event was so ...

PASADENA, Calif., June 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope and IDOM today announced that the telescope’s enclosure, set to be one of the world’s largest astronomical facilities, ...