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 ...

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 will feature an array of seven mirrors, each 8.4 m in dia for an effective 25.4-m-wide light collection surface, ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope, one of the largest telescopes ever built, is entering the final design phase and is expected to ...

Giant Magellan Telescope receives $205 million in funding. The $205 million check is one of the largest in the Giant Magellan Telescope’s history, led by the Carnegie Institution for Science ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope team explains how the observatory will help solve the mysteries of the cosmos including the search for life.

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 Giant Magellan Telescope’s adaptive secondary mirrors will be able to reshape the primary mirror surface 2,000 times a second to keep up with the turbulence in the atmosphere.

The Giant Magellan Telescope today announced the successful installation of one of its completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary mirrors into a support system prototype at the University of Arizona's ...

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 ...

Giant Magellan Telescope mount concrete pit with spring boxes at Ingersoll Machine Tools facility in Rockford, IL.Image Credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation ...