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The Universe Awaits, Giant Magellan Telescope
June 26, 2025
Giant Magellan Telescope advances to National Science Foundation final design phase
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Highly reflective, silvery surface, finished mirror for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's telescope
June 26, 2025
U of A astronomers celebrate first look at the universe from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
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GMT S3 installed on support system prototype for the first time
Oct. 24, 2024
Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing
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Components inside the support cell of Giant Magellan Telescope
Oct. 17, 2024
Testing begins at U of A for Giant Magellan Telescope's high-tech mirror support structure
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Rendering of inside GMT's enclosure (Graphic: Business Wire)

Engineering Marvel: Sixth Mirror Cast

March 5, 2021

Sixth Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope

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Photo of the giant casting furnace with the lid open at Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab

Sixth Mirror Casting

March 5, 2021

Underneath the stands of the Arizona Wildcats Football Stadium, engineers of UArizona's Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab manufacture the world's largest and most lightweight telescope mirrors. At the center of the process is a giant spinning furnace, the only one of its kind.

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Lowering the lid on casting furnace to start melting glass of the 6th mirror for GMTO

High Fire Casting of the Sixth Primary Mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope has begun!

March 4, 2021

High Fire Casting of the Sixth Primary Mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope has begun!

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Lowering the simulator onto the test cell, June 2020. Image credit: Steven West | Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona

GMT Mirror Simulator Installed

July 1, 2020

Lowering the simulator onto the test cell, June 2020. Image credit: Steven West | Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona

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Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers

Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers

June 24, 2020

Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers | Photo credit: GMTO

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Giant Magellan Telescope: Once operational in 2028, the telescope will sit in the Chilean desert

Giant Magellan Telescope: Chief scientists explain all about 'alien planet hunter' GMT

June 19, 2020

Giant Magellan Telescope: Once operational in 2028, the telescope will sit in the Chilean desert (Image: Giant Magellan Telescope)

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The honeycomb mold used to create one of the GMT mirrors.

Casting Giants

May 1, 2020
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Image depicting installation of Mirror Cell

Giant Magellan Telescope Mirror Cell

April 20, 2020

Check out this image from February of the mirror cell during the installation of the support actuator mount posts.

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Behind the looking glass of the world’s biggest telescope

Behind the looking glass of the world’s biggest telescope

Oct. 15, 2019

Scientists at Richard Carris Mirror Lab arranging disks that are 27.6 feet across. Spencer Lowell

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The Chilean mountaintop where the Giant Magellan Telescope will rise, as seen in May 2019.

Next-Gen Megascope for Astronomy Taking shape on Chilean Mountaintop

May 20, 2019

An arid mountaintop in the Chilean Andes is being transformed into a next-generation astronomy hub.

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Unique laboratory includes a state-of-the-art inflatable planetarium and a portable telescope

Astronomy Education Mobile Lab in Chile

May 13, 2019

The Mobile Lab and students from Senderos de Culitrin school (Paine). Image credit: EcoScience

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Giant Magellan Telescope Mirror #5 Casting and Annealing

Nov. 2, 2017
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