Embattled Thirty Meter Telescope scores big win in Hawaii’s highest court. Other researchers, including two officials with the Canadian Astronomical Society, ...

The National Science Foundation will no longer fund the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope planned for construction atop ...

Hawaii’s board of land and natural resources granted a fresh construction permit to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on 28 September, reviving the fortunes of the US$1.4-billion observatory ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope: How a volcano in Hawaii became a battleground for astronomy : Read more As a Native Hawaiian pursuing a PhD in physics and astronomy instrumentation, ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope would fit there nicely, and so in 2013 the TMT Project chose Mauna Kea as its ideal site, and sought to begin construction immediately. Protesters have been standing in ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The National Science Foundation said Tuesday it plans to conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world’s largest optical telescopes on sit… ...

An artist's rendering of the Thirty Meter Telescope at sunset. The TMT is a telescope designed for optical and infrared observing, to see first light on Hawaii's Mauna Kea in 2022. Image undated.

For astrophysicists, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a next-generation instrument with which to explore the first sources of light and heavy elements, black holes, and extrasolar planets along ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope does not have to be located on a sacred mountain. There is an alternate location under consideration in the Canary Islands, on the peak of La Palma that, ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is an ambitious international project involving India, the United States, Canada, China, and Japan. The TMT is a next-generation astronomical observatory ...