What's New?

New Video Showcases Excitement and Promise of TMT Dec. 8, 2009

China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project Nov. 17, 2009

Catech President Emeritus David Baltimore Presents Philanthropy Medal to Gordon and Betty Moore Oct. 28, 2009

China, U.S. May Cooperate on World's Biggest Telescope August 28, 2009

Thirty Meter Telescope Selects Mauna Kea July 21, 2009

Le Télescope de Trente Mètres choisit le Mauna Kea July 21, 2009

El Telescopio de Treinta Metros selecciona Mauna Kea July 21, 2009

TMT Concession for Cerro Armazones June 26, 2009

TMT Draft EIS Published: Potential Benefits, Stewardship and Mitigation Measures Stressed May 22, 2009

The Quest for Giant Telescopes: Four Centuries of Challenges and Scientific Discovery May 2, 2009

Thirty Meter Telescope Presents Education Grant to Waiakea High School Robotics Program: First of Three Hawaii Island Education Grants Being Awarded by TMT April 24, 2009

Thirty Meter Telescope Technology Milestone: First Component of Adaptive Optics System Passes Test with Flying Colors April 20, 2009

New TMT Video included in DVD of "Journey to Palomar," which airs on PBS station KCET Saturday, Nov. 15. See sample TMT video here.. November 11, 2008

Keck Telescope and "Cosmic Lens" Team-up to Demonstrate Eventual Power of Thirty Meter Telescope: Technique reveals galaxy as it appeared 2 billions years after the Big Bang October 8,, 2008

Chilean Environmental Impact Statement (English translation dated May 2008) September 23, 2008

Chilean Environmental Impact Statement (Spanish Version) September 23, 20

TMT March/April Newscast May 21, 2008

Thirty Meter Telescope Focuses on Two Candidate Sites May 15, 2008

TMT January/February Newscast March 7, 2008

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Commits $200 Million Support for Thirty-Meter Telescope December 5, 2007

TMT October Newscast November 2, 2007

TMT September Newscast September 21, 2007

TMT May/June Newscast July 13, 2007

Science in the Era of TMT: A Workshop Sponsored by the Thirty Meter Telescope Project May 17, 2007

Thirty Meter Telescope Passes Conceptual Design Review

TMT Enclosure Design 2006 AAS Poster (pdf)