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Technicians loading chunks of glass onto the honeycomb casting mold

A workplace like no other: Making the world's largest telescope mirrors

The Universe Awaits, Giant Magellan Telescope

Giant Magellan Telescope advances to National Science Foundation final design phase

Highly reflective, silvery surface, finished mirror for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's telescope

U of A astronomers celebrate first look at the universe from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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

Astronomy Education Mobile Lab in Chile

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

Giant Magellan Telescope Mirror #5 Casting and Annealing

Here’s How Giant Telescope Mirrors Are Shipped Cross-Country

GMT’s First Giant Mirror Segment Starts Journey South

Meet the team seeking to reveal the 'secrets of the universe'

The New Reddit Journal of Science 'Ask Me Anything'

Building the Giant Magellan Telescope

Robert N. Shelton Selected As President of Giant Magellan Telescope Organization

Making the Giant Magellan Telescope's Massive Incredibly Precise Mirrors

Giant Magellan Groundbreaking

Mirror Lab Renamed in Honor of Richard F. Caris

UA's Mirror Lab has a new name