Project News

China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

TMT • November 17th, 2009

“We warmly welcome our Chinese colleagues, who will expand the international involvement in the Thirty Meter Telescope Project,” said Professor Ray Carlberg, the Canadian Large...

Planck Snaps its First Images of Ancient Cosmic Light

Planck • September 17th, 2009

The Planck mission has captured its first rough images of the sky, demonstrating the observatory is working and ready to measure light from the dawn of time.

TMT On the Air with Are We Alone?

TMT • September 14th, 2009

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is partnering with the SETI Institute's radio/podcast program Are We Alone? by underwriting a series of astronomy-related segments during the...

GALEX • August 21st, 2009

Engineers and scientists are continuing to work on the recovery of the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

GALEX • August 19th, 2009

For decades, astronomers have gone about their business of studying the cosmos with the assumption that stars of certain sizes form in certain quantities

Thirty Meter Telescope Selects Mauna Kea

TMT • July 21st, 2009

To ensure that the site chosen for TMT would enable the telescope to achieve its full potential, a global satellite survey was conducted, from which five outstanding candidate...

GALEX • July 9th, 2009

Engineers and scientists are continuing the recovery procedure for the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. On May 29, the instrument experienced an...

GALEX • June 9th, 2009

On May 29, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer's far-ultraviolet instrument reported an overcurrent condition and shut down. The project reviewed data from the incident and confirmed...

TMT • May 22nd, 2009

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for the proposed $1.2 billion Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT) will appear Saturday, May 23 in the Office of...

TMT • May 2nd, 2009

In the world of scientific research, bigger is often better. This is especially true for astronomy, where giant telescopes are the essential tools for studying the faintest...