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
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. Read more Image
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 Read more Image
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. Read more Image
Astronomy Education Mobile Lab in Chile May 13, 2019 The Mobile Lab and students from Senderos de Culitrin school (Paine). Image credit: EcoScience Read more Image
