This particular telescope is under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the darkest places on Earth ...

Indian scientists have developed an open-source tool to generate an infrared star catalogue for the Adaptive Optics System (AOS) for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). This advancement is crucial ...

The first public meetings in a campaign that seeks to breathe new life into the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope begin this week on Hawaii island. Read more ...

The Mauna Kea protests are gaining star power as Native Hawaiian groups continue to block construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The actor joined protesters who are protecting Mauna Kea ...

The effort is aimed at helping the nation’s top funder of basic scientific research decide whether to consider awarding as much as $850 million to the next- generation TMT, which is now ...

In 2009, Mauna Kea was chosen as the site for the Thirty Meter Telescope, a mega-observatory proposed by the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and national science ...

While visiting with the protestors, Momoa said he supported the campaign opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope construction. Momoa said, "I'm so very honored to be here, to bring my children and all ...

There are two American-led projects with international partners. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project uses a design with 492 mirror segments. It faces headwinds from the opposition of native ...

thirty-one out of about 300 protesters against the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) in the Mauna Kea Conservation District on the Big Island of Hawaii were arrested by the Hawaii Police ...

Since July 15, hundreds of protesters have massed at the beginning of the access road to the summit of Mauna Kea in a civil protest to block the construction of the $1.4 billion TMT telescope.