Project News

First TMT Primary Mirror Segment Assembly Successfully Manufactured and Built in India

TMT • May 9th, 2022

India-TMT and industry partners Larsen and Toubro (L&T) successfully manufactured and assembled the first TMT Segment Support Assembly (SSA) in L&T Coimbatore facility. Hard...

"Black Widow" Star Devours Its Rapidly Circling Companion

ZTF • May 4th, 2022

Astronomers from the ZTF partnership have discovered a black widow star system, in which the stars orbit around each other every 62 minutes—the shortest orbital period observed...

TMT Helps Students Reach for the Stars at Altadena Eliot Science Fest

TMT • May 2nd, 2022

As part of its ongoing outreach and educational activities, TMT participated in the annual Science Festival of Eliot Arts Magnet School on Saturday, April 23rd. The event...

Robert P. Kirshner named TIO Executive Director; Edward C. Stone announces retirement from TIO

TMT • April 27th, 2022

Dr. Robert P. Kirshner, Chief Program Officer for Science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Clowes Professor of Science emeritus at Harvard University, has been...

TMT Participates in Journey Through the Universe 2022 on Hawaiʻi Island

TMT • April 11th, 2022

Journey Through the Universe (Journey), one of the leading astronomy education and outreach programs on Hawaiʻi Island, recently brought together students and teachers with...

TMT’s Wide-Field Optical Spectrometer Instrument Passes Conceptual Design Review

TMT • April 7th, 2022

TMT’s Wide-Field Optical Spectrometer (WFOS), one of its three first-light instruments, successfully completed its Conceptual Design Review in February 2022. This review...

Integration of Euclid's instrument payload and supporting service modules

Euclid • March 31st, 2022

Integration of the payload and supporting service modules of ESA's Euclid mission has completed at Thales Alenia in Turin, a major milestone in mission readiness.

Laugh and Learn about the Science of Exoplanets in the Fun-Filled "Astrophysics Variety Hour"

Universe Unplugged • March 29th, 2022

How exactly do scientists ever find exoplanets—planets beyond our solar system—and can we ever hope to know anything about these far-flung alien worlds? Those questions and more...

NASA Finalizes Plans for Its Next Cosmic Mapmaker

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • March 24th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will have some similarities with the James Webb Space Telescope. But the two observatories will take dramatically different approaches to studying the sky.

NEOWISE 2022 Data Release Available March 23, 2022

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 23rd, 2022

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2022 Data Release.