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

TMT • Science & Astronomy • February 21st, 2020

Pasadena, CA – 06 February 2020 - TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) members and project office staff recently met at the Project Office in Pasadena.

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Successful Receiving Inspection of 18 Mirror Blanks in India

TMT • Engineering & Technology • 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.

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Eliot Arts Magnet Academy's Science Night

TMT • Education & Outreach • January 28th, 2020

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

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TMT Tertiary Mirror Passes Preliminary Design Review

TMT • Engineering & Technology • January 22nd, 2020

Pasadena, CA, January 13, 2020 – The design of the Thirty Meter Telescope’s Tertiary Mirror (M3) recently passed the first part of its Preliminary Design Review, which took place over two days in November 2019.

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Primary Mirror Segment Production has started at Coherent

TMT • Engineering & Technology • January 21st, 2020

Pasadena, CA, January 17, 2020 - Coherent Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of lasers and laser-based technology, is now ready to polish all of the TMT primary mirrors segments to be manufactured in the United States.

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TMT Observatory Safety System Passes Preliminary Design Review

TMT • Engineering & Technology • December 20th, 2019

TMT recently achieved another significant milestone, with the successful preliminary design review of the Observatory Safety System (OSS). The review material was presented by TMT engineers Jimmy Johnson and Kayla Hardie from the project office.

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Amazing Impact of THINK Fund Program on Hawaii Island

TMT • Education & Outreach • December 13th, 2019

The Hawaii Island New Knowledge (THINK) Fund was launched in 2014 to improve educational opportunities for Hawaii Island students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines.

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First Two TMT Mirror Segment Demonstrators Installed at the Monrovia lab.

TMT • Engineering & Technology • December 11th, 2019

Two full-size TMT Primary Segment demonstration assemblies fitted with aluminum mirror segments have been successfully installed into the Multi-Segment Integration & Test (MSIT) facility at the TMT lab.

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Tuck-In Time: Integrating Glass with Metal

TMT • News Release • November 27th, 2019

Our Optics Group has been doing some testing recently. Click on the video below. You can see two strips of metal, separately attached to a circular piece of glass. Pull the strips apart. How hard can you pull before something breaks? And what on Earth does this have to do with building a telescope?

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TMT Science Forum 2019 in Xiamen, China

TMT • TMT Partner News • November 15th, 2019

Xiamen, China – 12 November, 2019 – The seventh Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Science Forum was held for the first time in China, in the city of Xiamen, Province of Fujian, earlier this month.

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

TMT • February 21st, 2020

Pasadena, CA – 06 February 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.

TMT Tertiary Mirror Passes Preliminary Design Review

TMT • January 22nd, 2020

Pasadena, CA, January 13, 2020 – The design of the Thirty Meter Telescope’s Tertiary Mirror (M3) recently passed the first part of its Preliminary Design Review, which took...

Primary Mirror Segment Production has started at Coherent

TMT • January 21st, 2020

Pasadena, CA, January 17, 2020 - Coherent Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of lasers and laser-based technology, is now ready to polish all of the TMT primary mirrors...

TMT Observatory Safety System Passes Preliminary Design Review

TMT • December 20th, 2019

TMT recently achieved another significant milestone, with the successful preliminary design review of the Observatory Safety System (OSS). The review material was presented by...

Amazing Impact of THINK Fund Program on Hawaii Island

TMT • December 13th, 2019

The Hawaii Island New Knowledge (THINK) Fund was launched in 2014 to improve educational opportunities for Hawaii Island students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math...

First Two TMT Mirror Segment Demonstrators Installed at the Monrovia lab.

TMT • December 11th, 2019

Two full-size TMT Primary Segment demonstration assemblies fitted with aluminum mirror segments have been successfully installed into the Multi-Segment Integration & Test (MSIT)...

Tuck-In Time: Integrating Glass with Metal

TMT • November 27th, 2019

Our Optics Group has been doing some testing recently. Click on the video below. You can see two strips of metal, separately attached to a circular piece of glass. Pull the...

TMT Science Forum 2019 in Xiamen, China

TMT • November 15th, 2019

Xiamen, China – 12 November, 2019 – The seventh Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Science Forum was held for the first time in China, in the city of Xiamen, Province of Fujian,...