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

Sept. 28, 2017
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GMT’s First Giant Mirror Segment Starts Journey South

Sept. 28, 2017
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Meet the team seeking to reveal the 'secrets of the universe'

Aug. 14, 2017
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The New Reddit Journal of Science 'Ask Me Anything'

July 21, 2017
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