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Press Coverage

A Cosmic Mystery: Is China Building the World's Biggest Telescope? Robert Kirshner interviewed.
July 26th, 2025
Wakk Street JOurnal

Is China about to build the world's largest telescope?

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Read about the advantages of where NFIRAOS sits on the telescope in this week's "did you know" post.
July 3rd, 2025

NFIRAOS is mounted on the gravity invariant Nasmyth platform, which offers a lot of advantages.

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TIO continues its primary mirror making. See this quarter's update!
June 30th, 2025

TIO continues its primary mirror making. See this quarter's update!

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Proposed NSF Budget Omits Funding for TMT
May 30th, 2025
Honolulu Civil Beat

The controversial Thirty Meter Telescope planned for the summit area of Mauna Kea has lost the critically important support of the National Science Foundation, which plans to direct major funding...

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TMT is ready for NSF's Final Design phase!
May 20th, 2025

The NSF review panel said TMT is ready for NSF's Final Design phase.

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Celebrate the 100 year legacy TIO partners have in building the best optica/infrared telescopes!
May 2nd, 2025

100 year old legacy of building the best optical/infrared telescopes in the world

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"Did you know ..." discusses the mirror diameter vs. aperture of the ELTs.
April 22nd, 2025

TMT's mirror has the most effective aperture of the ELTs.

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