Project News

TMT Segment Mount Undergoes Tests in the Netherlands

TMT • November 17th, 2022

A few months ago, TMT Optical engineers traveled to the Netherlands to support the Dutch company TNO install a TMT Segment Support Assembly (SSA) onto an SSA Module Acceptance...

TMT Promotes Science at UCLA’s “Exploring Your Universe 2022”

TMT • November 16th, 2022

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) presented its first in-person Exploring Your Universe (EYU) science fair in three years on November 6, 2022. About 12,000...

2022 AstroDay West Hawaiʻi

TMT • November 10th, 2022

AstroDay 2022, led by the University of Hawai‘i’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA), is dedicated to sharing the amazing science of astronomy and the incredible discoveries made by...

MODHIS Completes First Phase of Conceptual Design Review

TMT • October 19th, 2022

TMT’s Multi-Objective Diffraction-limited High-resolution Infrared Spectrograph (MODHIS), a first-light instrument, has successfully completed the first phase of its conceptual...

Updates for TMT Telescope Structure and Utility Services

TMT • October 12th, 2022

The teams working on TMT’s Segment Handling System (SHS) and utility system design received some good news following a series of critical review meetings earlier this spring....

National Science Foundation Begins Environmental Review Process

TMT • July 19th, 2022

The National Science Foundation (NSF) today issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and to initiate Section 106 consultation for a potential...

First TMT Primary Mirror Segment Assembly Successfully Manufactured and Built in India

TMT • May 9th, 2022

India-TMT and industry partners Larsen and Toubro (L&T) successfully manufactured and assembled the first TMT Segment Support Assembly (SSA) in L&T Coimbatore facility. Hard...

TMT Helps Students Reach for the Stars at Altadena Eliot Science Fest

TMT • May 2nd, 2022

As part of its ongoing outreach and educational activities, TMT participated in the annual Science Festival of Eliot Arts Magnet School on Saturday, April 23rd. The event...

Robert P. Kirshner named TIO Executive Director; Edward C. Stone announces retirement from TIO

TMT • April 27th, 2022

Dr. Robert P. Kirshner, Chief Program Officer for Science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Clowes Professor of Science emeritus at Harvard University, has been...

TMT Participates in Journey Through the Universe 2022 on Hawaiʻi Island

TMT • April 11th, 2022

Journey Through the Universe (Journey), one of the leading astronomy education and outreach programs on Hawaiʻi Island, recently brought together students and teachers with...