01.05.2010
The Thirty Meter Telescope Project is launching a new database containing five years of atmospheric data from the telescope’s initial five candidates sites: Cerro Tolar, Cerro Armazones, and Cerro Tolonchar, Chile; San Pedro Martir, Mexico; and Mauna Kea, Hawaii, the site selected for TMT. A website containing the entire dataset, the largest of its kind, will be released free-of-charge to the public today. more »
12.08.2009
In a new video, astronomers Richard Ellis, the Steele Professor of Astronomy at Caltech, and Andrea Ghez, professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA, explain how TMT will push the boundaries of astronomy and allow us to study the Universe with unprecedented clarity and precision. more »
11.17.2009
The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). As an Observer, China will participate in planning the development of what will be the world's most advanced and capable astronomical observatory. more »
09.14.2009
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is partnering with the SETI Institute's radio/podcast program Are We Alone? by underwriting a series of astronomy-related segments during the year. Learn more and listen here. more »
07.21.2009
After careful evaluation and comparison between two outstanding candidate sites—Mauna Kea in Hawai‘i and Cerro Armazones in Chile—the board of directors of the TMT Observatory Corporation has selected Mauna Kea as the preferred site for the Thirty Meter Telescope. more »
05.07.2009
To help launch the International Year of Astronomy, TMT and Caltech co-hosted "Mysteries of the Cosmos"—the second in the DISCOVER/NSF "Great Questions in Science" events, which was held on Jan. 30 in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. The videos from that event are how available on the DISCOVER Magazine website here. more »
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