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TMT Quality Assurance Helps in the Production of High-Quality M1 Parts

TMT • Engineering & Technology • September 16th, 2019

New developments within the TMT Quality Assurance program include the acquisition of an advanced metrology system to measure to very high precision the telescope primary mirror assemblies.

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Searching for Leviathan, Part 4: Active Galaxies and Jets

TMT • News Release • September 3rd, 2019

In this series of articles, we've discussed what we know about black holes—how we can find them, how old they are, what their masses are. Now, we'll describe jets that we see coming from the center of some galaxies, where we think black holes are the source.

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News about TMT in Hawaii

TMT • Science & Astronomy • August 22nd, 2019

Letter to the editor that Ed Stone, TMT Executive Director; Christophe Dumas, Observatory Scientist; and Gordon Squires, Vice President External Relations wrote recently in the Honolulu Star Advertiser Newspaper - Understanding the Past, Navigating the Present, Embracing the Future -

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Searching for Leviathan, Part 3: How Big?

TMT • News Release • August 19th, 2019

In previous articles in this series, we've looked at how we think black holes have formed, where they are, and how old they are. Now, let's look at how big they are.

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Searching for Leviathan, Part 2: Where To Look, and How Old Is It?

TMT • News Release • August 18th, 2019

In the previous article of this series on leviathans, we looked at how we think black holes have formed. Now, let's look first at how we can find these black holes, and second at how old we think they are.

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TMT Scientific Advisory Committee Meets in Pasadena

TMT • Science & Astronomy • July 26th, 2019

Pasadena, CA – July 10, 2019 – TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) members and project office scientists recently met in Pasadena. The meeting kicked off with a project update by TMT Project Manager Gary Sanders.

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GOVERNOR’S OFFICE – JOINT NEWS RELEASE – THIRTY METER TELESCOPE SET TO START CONSTRUCTION

TMT • News Release • July 10th, 2019

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige and the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO) today announced that construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will begin the week of July 15, 2019. The State Department of Transportation announced that Mauna Kea Access Road will be closed and...

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Facts about the TMT construction in Hawaii

TMT • Science & Astronomy • July 9th, 2019

For more information on TMT update in Hawaii, please visit https://www.maunakeaandtmt.org/.

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Coffee Chat on Mirror Segment Fabrication

TMT • Engineering & Technology • July 9th, 2019

TMT staff Glen Cole and Christophe Dumas have a coffee-break conversation about Glen’s last trip to Japan and update on TMT mirrors fabrication and verification.

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TMT • News Release • June 27th, 2019

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TMT Quality Assurance Helps in the Production of High-Quality M1 Parts

TMT • September 16th, 2019

New developments within the TMT Quality Assurance program include the acquisition of an advanced metrology system to measure to very high precision the telescope primary mirror...

Searching for Leviathan, Part 4: Active Galaxies and Jets

TMT • September 3rd, 2019

In this series of articles, we've discussed what we know about black holes—how we can find them, how old they are, what their masses are. Now, we'll describe jets that we see...

News about TMT in Hawaii

TMT • August 22nd, 2019

Letter to the editor that Ed Stone, TMT Executive Director; Christophe Dumas, Observatory Scientist; and Gordon Squires, Vice President External Relations wrote recently in the...

Searching for Leviathan, Part 3: How Big?

TMT • August 19th, 2019

In previous articles in this series, we've looked at how we think black holes have formed, where they are, and how old they are. Now, let's look at how big they are.

Searching for Leviathan, Part 2: Where To Look, and How Old Is It?

TMT • August 18th, 2019

In the previous article of this series on leviathans, we looked at how we think black holes have formed. Now, let's look first at how we can find these black holes, and second...

TMT Scientific Advisory Committee Meets in Pasadena

TMT • July 26th, 2019

Pasadena, CA – July 10, 2019 – TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) members and project office scientists recently met in Pasadena. The meeting kicked off with a project update...

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE – JOINT NEWS RELEASE – THIRTY METER TELESCOPE SET TO START CONSTRUCTION

TMT • July 10th, 2019

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige and the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO) today announced that construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will begin the...