Image June 26, 2025 Giant Magellan Telescope advances to National Science Foundation final design phase Read more
Image June 26, 2025 U of A astronomers celebrate first look at the universe from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Read more
Image Oct. 17, 2024 Testing begins at U of A for Giant Magellan Telescope's high-tech mirror support structure Read more
Image Fourth-Generation Technology Will Change the Future of Ground-Based Observing April 19, 2024 When you look up at the sky on a dark night, you’ll notice that the stars appear to twinkle. Read more
Image Making Giant Mirrors from Stars April 19, 2024 At 200 times more powerful than today’s best telescopes... Read more
Image The last required piece of the world's largest telescope takes shape at UArizona Oct. 10, 2023 Read more
Image Podcast: Mirrors Built Under College Football Stadium Sept. 17, 2021 In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a spinning furnace tucked under the football stadium at the University of Arizona, designed to help build giant telescope mirrors. Read more
Image Mirrors for Magellan April 21, 2021 A behind-the-scenes tour of the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory which leads the world in making giant, lightweight mirrors of unprecedented power for a new generation of optical telescopes. Read more
Image Spinning Glass To See The Stars March 15, 2021 Hubert Martin, Project Scientist at the Mirror Polishing Program, talks with SciFri’s Charles Bergquist about the mirror production process, and the challenges of working with glass on massive scales. Read more
Image The sixth 8.4-meter mirror is being fabricated at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab March 9, 2021 Timelapse for casting GMT mirror 5. Credit: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab, The University of Arizona and Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation Read more
Image 8.4-Meter Mirror Joins Five of the World’s Largest Mirrors March 5, 2021 The Giant Magellan Telescope’s primary mirrors are fabricated with high-purity, low-expansion, borosilicate glass (called E6 glass) from the Ohara Corporation of Japan. Read more
