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GMT S3 installed on support system prototype for the first time

Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing

Oct. 24, 2024
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Components inside the support cell of Giant Magellan Telescope

Testing begins at U of A for Giant Magellan Telescope's high-tech mirror support structure

Oct. 17, 2024
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GMT and IDOM enclosure

Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure Ready for Construction

July 24, 2024
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Adaptive secondary mirrors

Fourth-Generation Technology Will Change the Future of Ground-Based Observing

April 19, 2024

When you look up at the sky on a dark night, you’ll notice that the stars appear to twinkle.

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Chemical elements come full circle in the cycle of glass

Making Giant Mirrors from Stars

April 19, 2024

At 200 times more powerful than today’s best telescopes...

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Loading glass into furnace for casting of GMT S7

The last required piece of the world's largest telescope takes shape at UArizona

Oct. 10, 2023
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Seven of the world’s largest mirrors that make-up one giant 80 feet/25.4 meter diameter mirror

New $2 Billion Telescope Will Be Fitted With A ‘Large Earth Finder’

Aug. 10, 2023
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How do you build a mirror for one of the world’s biggest telescopes?

Aug. 12, 2022
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Bajo las gradería de un estadio (under the stands of a stadium)

Oct. 25, 2021
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Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium

Podcast: Mirrors Built Under College Football Stadium

Sept. 17, 2021

In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a spinning furnace tucked under the football stadium at the University of Arizona, designed to help build giant telescope mirrors.

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