One of the World’s Largest Optical Telescopes Reaches Milestone Toward U.S. Federal Construction SupportPASADENA, Calif., ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope site will be located in Chile. Giant Magellan Telescope “The funding is truly a collaborative effort from our Founders. It will result in the fabrication of the ...

and the site of the future Giant Magellan Telescope.Credit... Supported by By Dennis Overbye Photographs by Marcos Zegers LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY, Chile — To walk among the observatory domes of ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope and IDOM has announced that the ... passed its final design review and is now ready for construction in Chile. The review marks a major milestone for the telescope ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island has an uncertain future due to a decision to direct limited ...

The National Science Foundation, which was supposed to provide much of the funding for TMT, opts to fund the Giant Magellan ...

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 ...

Located on a remote mountaintop in Chile, the 25-meter-dia telescope ... element manager for Giant Magellan Telescope enclosure facilities and site infrastructure. The top, moveable section ...

Research breakthroughs are often sagas of passion, curiosity and sacrifice. If Trump’s proposed budget cuts for 2026 are ...

The National Science Foundation's decision to cut funds for the Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island ...

Once assembled, the mount will undergo performance testing before being shipped nearly 6,000 miles to the Giant Magellan Telescope site in Chile for reassembly. “We are proud to be a part of ...

Huge telescopes dot mountainsides around the world. From Hawaii to Chile, scientists seek out the perfect site with fair weather and dark, clear skies to peer deeply into space, clocking the ...