Giant Magellan telescope begins primary mirror support system testing
The Giant Magellan Telescope today announced the successful installation of one of its completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary ...
Business Insider9 年
The new Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will weight 2.4 million-pounds and may revolutionize our understanding of the universe. It uses seven giant mirrors to collect and focus the light to a point and ...
EurekAlert!9 个月
Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure Ready for Construction (VIDEO)
In June 2024, the Giant Magellan Telescope's enclosure passed its final design review and is now ready for construction in Chile. The 65-meter-tall enclosure will be one of the largest mechanized ...
PBS9 年
Giant Telescopes of Tomorrow
Giant Magellan Telescope The GMT is one of several large ground-based optical telescopes in development. Situated high and dry in Chile, it will have seven primary mirror segments, each over 26 ...
Mashable6 年
It takes absolute precision to construct Earth's largest telescope, which will peak into ...
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We just started building the largest and most powerful optical telescope ever
Construction began Wednesday, Nov. 11 on what could become the world's largest optical telescope. The 22-story Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), now being built in a desert atop a mountain in Chile ...
Space.com10 天
SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)
The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 p.m. EST (0310 March 12 GMT). There was a glimmer in the air tonight at ...
Manchester Evening News10 天
NASA launches SPHEREx space telescope in mission to map the universe
Ground controllers established communications with SPHEREx at 9.31pm PDT (4.31am GMT), marking the start of the space telescope's one-month checkout period before its two-year mission.