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Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), an enormous ground-based telescope currently under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert ...
Using the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers have performed a chemical study of a globular ...
The Earth-based Giant Magellan Telescope is poised to discover habitable planets and unlock space's deep secrets in collaboration with ... The Giant Magellan Telescope site will be located in Chile.
UT-Austin just took a big step in its process of building one of the largest telescopes in the world as the Giant Magellan ...
The Giant Magellan Telescope is gradually taking shape on a mountain top 8,255 feet/2,516 meters up at Las Campanas Observatory, northeast of La Serena in Chile. Why?
The Giant Magellan Telescope and IDOM has announced that the telescope's enclosure, set to be one of the world's largest astronomical facilities, passed its final design review and is now ready ...
The announcement came after the National Science Foundation withdrew financial support for the Thirty Meter Telescope project ...
The Giant Magellan Telescope, one of the largest telescopes ever built, is entering the final design phase and is expected to ...
The Magellan Project is named after Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who first circumnavigated the Earth. The 50-foot-high, 150-ton telescopes slew and point with the accuracy of a ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be built on a mountaintop in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a region that is home to many telescopes thanks to its clear skies, dry air and minimal ambient light ...