Project News

Inauguration of the ITOFF facility, CREST Campus, IIA, India

TMT • January 20th, 2021

The newly built India-TMT Optics Fabrication Facility (ITOFF) was recently inaugurated by Vice President of India Shri. Venkaiah Naidu at the Center for Research and Education...

Dr. Gary Sanders to Retire

TMT • December 7th, 2020

Dr. Gary Sanders, who has led the TMT Project as Project Manager with distinction since its inception, will retire at the start of 2021.

TMT Optical Test Instruments System Passes Preliminary Design Review

TMT • October 26th, 2020

TMT Optics and Systems Engineering teams have reached another major milestone, with a successful “gate” review of the TMT optical Test INstruments System (TINS) preliminary design.

Congratulations to Professor Andrea Ghez and the Astronomy Community!

TMT • October 9th, 2020

Many Congratulations to Andrea Ghez on the award of the Physics 2020 Nobel Prize for her work on the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy, the...

TMT Acknowledges the California Fires and Mount Wilson

TMT • September 18th, 2020

Many major wildfires are devastating lands and homes across the entire west coast, including in California, Oregon and Washington. Although wildland fires are common at this...

TMT Optical Cleaning System Reaches Design Milestone

TMT • September 8th, 2020

TMT Optics and Systems Engineering teams recently conducted a technical evaluation of the primary mirror optical cleaning system, marking a major milestone in its design. The...

Meet the TMT Team: Interview with Caty Pilachowski

TMT • August 18th, 2020

Meet the TMT team with a new interview in our blog. Before the pandemic we met with Caty Pilachowski, Professor of Astronomy, who has held several leadership positions in the...

Latest Update from TMT

TMT • August 11th, 2020

An important project for the global astronomy community, TMT is working collaboratively with the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s)...

Conceptual Design of TMT’s Wide-Field Optical Spectrometer Instrument Progresses

TMT • July 23rd, 2020

One of TMT’s three “Early Light” instruments, the Wide-Field Optical Spectrometer (WFOS), recently underwent an interim Conceptual Design Review via Zoom. The review’s purpose...

TMT Engineering Sensors System Advances to Final Design Phase

TMT • June 26th, 2020

Recently, the TMT Engineering Sensors System (ESEN) successfully passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and is now ready to enter the Final Design phase. Chris Carter and...