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 Image
Engineering Marvel: Sixth Mirror Cast March 5, 2021 Sixth Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope Read more Image
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. Read more Image
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! Read more Image
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 Read more Image
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 Read more Image
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) Read more Image