Project News

TMT Telescope Enclosure Ready for Production

TMT • April 23rd, 2020

TMT’s Enclosure System has achieved its final design milestone, successfully passing a series of Production Readiness Reviews (PRR) in March 2020.

APM Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviews Professor Tommaso Treu

TMT • April 22nd, 2020

Here is the next of our interview with TMT team. Today we meet with Tommaso Treu, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California Los Angeles and Chair of the TMT Science...

Incontra il team TMT: Dr Ravinder Bhatia interviste con Tommaso Treu

TMT • April 22nd, 2020

Ecco il prossimo della nostra intervista con il team TMT. Incontriamo con Tommaso Treu, Professore di astronomia all'Università della California di Los Angeles.

The Food Basket Receives $100,000 Donation From TMT To Meet Growing Demand For Food Assistance On Hawaii Island

TMT • April 21st, 2020

* Donation Made in Memory of Barry Taniguchi * The Food Basket, Hawaii Island’s food bank, has received a $100,000 donation from the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) to meet the...

Visit to LIGO 40 Meter Interferometer

TMT • April 13th, 2020

One of the most exciting developments in astronomy has been the detection of gravitational waves by The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). LIGO has...

Testing of TMT’s Primary Mirror Segment in Progress

TMT • March 23rd, 2020

The first of TMT’s Primary Mirror (M1) segment prototypes was recently tested and polished using the Ion Beam Figuring (IBF) process.

TMT Reaches Major Milestone with Completion of Fully Populated Mirror Segment Prototypes at the Multi-Segment Integration & Test Facility (MSIT)

TMT • March 6th, 2020

The Multi-Segment Integration & Test (MSIT) facility at the TMT lab in Monrovia, California, is now fully populated with seven aluminum mirror segment prototypes.

TMT Scientific Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting of the New Decade in Pasadena

TMT • February 21st, 2020

TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) members and project office staff recently met at the Project Office in Pasadena.

Successful Receiving Inspection of 18 Mirror Blanks in India

TMT • February 6th, 2020

One of TMT’s most important components – its huge primary mirror that spans over 30 meters – continues to be manufactured around the world.

Eliot Arts Magnet Academy's Science Night

TMT • January 28th, 2020

TMT participated in the 3rd and biggest Annual Science Night of Eliot Arts Magnet Academy on Friday January 24th.