Project News

Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars

2MASS • November 13th, 2017

To explore low-frequency gravitational waves, researchers look to a natural experiment in the sky called a pulsar timing array.

TMT’s first-light instrument enters final design phase

TMT • November 13th, 2017

Following a successful second IRIS Preliminary Design Phase Review (PDR-2) at the TMT Project Office in Pasadena, IRIS is proceeding into its Final Design phase. The focus of...

TMT to work with Coherent Inc. to polish primary mirror

TMT • November 7th, 2017

Marking a major production milestone, TMT has entered into a contract with Coherent Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of lasers and laser-based technology for...

Overlooked Treasure: The First Evidence of Exoplanets

Spitzer • November 1st, 2017

Beneath an elegant office building with a Spanish-style red tiled roof in Pasadena, California, three timeworn storerooms safeguard more than a century of astronomy. Down the...

TMT holds a partnership meeting with China to discuss first light instrument

TMT • October 26th, 2017

Representatives from the Thirty Meter Telescope’s (TMT’s) Wide-Field Optical Spectrograph (WFOS) team and TMT’s China partners gathered on October 16 in Beijing, China to...

Over Eighty U.S. Scientists and Engineers Have Joined the Euclid Consortium

Euclid • October 11th, 2017

Euclid is an ESA space mission with NASA participation to probe the nature of the dark Universe, scheduled for launch in 2020. To date, 83 US scientist and engineers have become...

TMT Communications and Information System Ready to Enter Preliminary Design Phase

TMT • October 9th, 2017

Last month, the TMT Communications and Information System (CIS) passed a key test, making it ready to enter its preliminary design phase. A Conceptual Design Review (CoDR) was...

Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources Approves Conservation District Use Permit to Build TMT on Maunakea

TMT • September 29th, 2017

The State of Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) deliberated and decided to approve a Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) that would allow construction of the...

Hawaii Board of Land & Natural Resources Hears Final Arguments in Conservation District Use Permit Contested Case

TMT • September 21st, 2017

The process to secure a Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) to build TMT on Maunakea continued in Hawaii, as the state land board – also known as the Board of Land and...

Science Data, Discoveries and People: Legacy of the Herschel Space Observatory

Herschel • September 21st, 2017

The Herschel mission, a trailblazing space observatory that provided a unique view of our cosmos during its almost four years of operations, leaves a legacy of treasured data,...