Project News

TMT's Scientific Advisory Committee Selects Design for its Second First-Light Workhorse Instrument

TMT • November 12th, 2018

The TMT International Observatory Board of Directors recently endorsed the recommendations made by the Science Advisory Committee (SAC), to select a slit-mask-based imaging...

Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms TMT Permit

TMT • October 30th, 2018

The Hawaii Supreme Court, by majority decision, today issued its opinion affirming the Board of Land and Natural Resources' decision to issue a Conservation District Use Permit...

Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat's Paw Nebula

Spitzer • October 23rd, 2018

This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Cat's Paw Nebula, so named for the large, round features that create the impression of a feline footprint. The nebula is...

TMT Adaptive Secondary Mirror Passes Conceptual Design

TMT • October 18th, 2018

Pasadena, CA - Sept. 25, 2018 – The TMT Project Office recently held a conceptual design review to evaluate the design study for the TMT’s Adaptive Secondary Mirror (AM2) system.

TMT Executive Software Successfully Passes First Phase of Preliminary Design Review

TMT • October 11th, 2018

Pasadena, 5 October, 2018 - The TMT Observatory Executive Software (ESW) has passed a key milestone and is now ready to enter final design phase. An ESW Preliminary Design...

W. M. Keck Observatory Awarded NSF Grant To Develop Next-Generation Adaptive Optics System

TMT • October 4th, 2018

“This revolutionary system will significantly expand Keck Observatory’s scientific reach,” said Co-Principal Investigator Andrea Ghez, director of the UCLA Galactic Center...

TMT Camp Laniakea

TMT • September 17th, 2018

Fun and learning at TMT Camp for Puna Keikis

The TMT Primary Mirror System Successfully Passes Final Design Review

TMT • September 10th, 2018

PASADENA (July 26-27, 2018)– The Thirty Meter Telescope Optics Group recently achieved a critical milestone by passing its Primary Mirror Optics System (M1S) final design...

Thirty Meter Telescope’s Cryogenic Cooling System Passes Conceptual Design Review

TMT • August 29th, 2018

PASADENA July 11, 2018 – The conceptual design of TMT’s Cryogenic Cooling System (CRYO) has passed its conceptual design review. Engineers from the Technical Institute of...

Spitzer VR Showcase

Spitzer • August 23rd, 2018

Take a guided journey through the amazing TRAPPIST-1 star system in VR, known to be the home of 7 Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a star that is only a little larger than Jupiter.