The Richard F Caris Mirror Lab in Tucson is actually attached to the UA football stadium, with some parts being below seats ...

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 ...

Construction will soon commence on what it set to be the world's most powerful telescope. The Giant Magellan Telescope is engineered with seven of the world's largest mirrors to discover Earth-like ...

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, 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, ...

In a remarkable feat of astronomical innovation, scientists have employed a unique “hack” on the Giant Magellan Telescope to ...

PASADENA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope today announced that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has joined its international ...

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 ...

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, ...