Project News

NASA Approves Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope to Continue Development

Near-Earth Object Surveyor • June 14th, 2021

NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development after a successful mission review, authorizing...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Selects 24 Flight-Quality Heat-Vision ‘Eyes’

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • June 9th, 2021

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team recently flight-certified all 24 of the detectors the mission needs. When Roman launches in the mid-2020s, these devices will...

First official release of Data Reduction Pipeline for the Keck Cosmic Web Imager

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • June 8th, 2021

The W. M. Keck Observatory and the KCWI team at Caltech are proud to announce the first official release of the Data Reduction Pipeline (DRP) for the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI).

TMT Laser Guide Star Facility Passes Design Milestone

TMT • June 3rd, 2021

The TMT Laser Guide Star Facility (LGSF) has successfully completed the first phase of its Preliminary Design Review (PDR1). The LGSF will be responsible for generating...

Cooling TMT's Adaptive Optics System

TMT • June 2nd, 2021

In a previous set of blog entries, we discussed the principle of adaptive optics, which TMT will use to remove the effects of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. TMT's first...

TMT Metrology Equipment Arrives in California

TMT • June 1st, 2021

The optical metrology and test set for TMT’s primary mirror segments has arrived at its warehouse in California. It was sent by Arizona Optical Systems (AOS) in Tucson,...

TMT Mirror Segment Handling Equipment Passes Preliminary Design Review

TMT • May 27th, 2021

The handling equipment for TMT primary mirror (M1) segment recently passed its Preliminary Design Review. The custom-designed equipment and tooling will be used to safely handle...

Meet the TMT Team - Professor A.N. Ramaprakash (Ram)

TMT • May 26th, 2021

Meet the TMT Team - Professor A.N. Ramaprakash (Ram)

Giant Planets Found in the Stellar Suburbs

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • May 26th, 2021

In the neighborhood that makes up our solar system, the giant planets—Jupiter and Saturn—reside in the chilly outer regions, while smaller planets tend to orbit closer to the...

NASA’s Roman Mission to Probe Cosmic Secrets Using Exploding Stars

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • May 26th, 2021

NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see thousands of exploding stars called supernovae across vast stretches of time and space.