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A hungry black hole first discovered by ZTF is the likely source of a rare neutrino

ZTF • February 22nd, 2021

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SPHEREx Astrophysics Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • February 4th, 2021

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch...

TMT Selects Coherent for Hexagonal Cutting of Mirror Segments

TMT • February 3rd, 2021

A major milestone for the international Thirty Meter Telescope project (TMT) was reached in October 2020, as TMT selected California-based Coherent, Inc. for the Hexagonal...

Approval of the first Production Roundel for Thirty Meter Telescope’s Primary Mirror

TMT • February 1st, 2021

The Thirty Meter Telescope Optics Group recently reached a critical production milestone, with the approval of the first polished roundel (# SN023) for TMT’s Primary Mirror...

TMT PROJECT MANAGER DR. GARY SANDERS RETIRES AFTER NEARLY 17 YEARS

TMT • January 29th, 2021

Today about 100 friends and colleagues joined virtually to celebrate and honor Dr. Gary Sanders, who officially retired at the start of 2021 after nearly 17 years of leading the...

TMT’s Telescope Utility Services Final Design Reaches Huge Milestone

TMT • January 26th, 2021

As an extremely complex organization of systems all interacting together, TMT will require an elaborate Telescope Utility Services (TUS) infrastructure to enable operations...