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TMT Hosts Science Workshop for Early Career Astronomers and Engineers from Japan
October 11th, 2023 Science & Astronomy

A science workshop called TMT eArly Career Centered, Engineers-Scientists Synergy (TMT–ACCESS) was held at TMT headquarters in Pasadena from 11 to 15 September. About 30 early career astronomers and engineers from Japan attended this workshop face-to-face, learned about TMT's capabilities and discussed TMT science cases.

TMT SAC Webinar Series #2: TMT Science Instrument Capabilities
May 19th, 2023 Science & Astronomy

Following the first Science webinar held in January 2023 and providing a status update of the Thirty-Meter-Telescope (TMT) project, the TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) and TMT project organized last month a second webinar, this time about the science instruments capabilities of TMT.

Beautiful Photos of Green Comet C/2022 E3
February 17th, 2023 Science & Astronomy

TMT staff interest in astronomy goes well beyond building one of the largest and most technology-advanced ground-based telescopes! Tomas Chylek, Sr. Opto-Mechanical Engineer, and Denis Zaytsev, Observatory Software QA Engineer, are also skilled amateur astronomers who spend endless nights capturing the beauty of our sky by setting up their telescopes and cameras within the darkest regions surrounding Los Angeles.

Call for TMT International Science Development Teams (ISDTs) Applications
January 27th, 2023 Science & Astronomy

TMT is currently accepting applications for its International Science Development Teams (ISDTs) until March 1, 2023.

TMT 2022 Holiday Card
December 22nd, 2022 Science & Astronomy

Holiday wishes from all of us at TMT!

MODHIS Completes First Phase of Conceptual Design Review
October 19th, 2022 Science & Astronomy

TMT’s Multi-Objective Diffraction-limited High-resolution Infrared Spectrograph (MODHIS), a first-light instrument, has successfully completed the first phase of its conceptual design. MODHIS will take advantage of the large collecting area and TMT’s unprecedented angular resolution to dramatically advance a broad range of science programs, such as the search and characterization of exoplanets, the study of the environment of supermassive...

TMT successfully passes a formal milestone review for the planning of its future operations
October 1st, 2021 Science & Astronomy

TMT recently achieved a major project milestone, with a review Board, mainly composed of external reviewers, concluding that its plans for Observatory Operations, Commissioning and Data-Management (OCDM) have reached sufficient maturity at this stage of the project design. Concretely, this positive preliminary review means that TMT’s operations plans are ready for the next rounds of Project reviews, which will assess not only operations but...

Update from TMT Science Advisory Committee
April 23rd, 2021 Science & Astronomy

TMT’s Science Advisory Committee (SAC), which has been meeting bi-monthly since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, recently met to address the project status, its scientific potential and suitable instrumentation. The SAC is composed of representatives from each TMT partner who advise the Project on TMT’s design, strategies and operational matter that can have a significant impact on TMT science.

Congratulations to Professor Andrea Ghez and the Astronomy Community!
October 9th, 2020 Science & Astronomy

Many Congratulations to Andrea Ghez on the award of the Physics 2020 Nobel Prize for her work on the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Latest Update from TMT
August 11th, 2020 Science & Astronomy

An important project for the global astronomy community, TMT is working collaboratively with the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) to develop a U.S.-Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP).

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