TIO team members attended last week’s conference on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO; a NASA missoin designed to look for signs of life on planets orbiting other stars), where they shared insights on segmented mirror technology and next-generation instrumentation.
We remain committed to securing the best possible site and will evaluate Spain’s offer thoroughly and promptly.
Engineers and scientists over at the National Research Council in Canada are busy preparing some very special pizza boxes for TMT. But forget pepperoni, these boxes are packed with high-tech electronics that control TMT’s highly advanced adaptive optics system, NFIRAOS.
The work on the secondary mirror polishing for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) has begun.
Spain’s Science Minister invited TMT to consider relocating to La Palma as the project evaluates the most suitable location for its next-generation observatory.
TIO sends staff to attend the summer national meetings.
The Thirty Meter Telescope support and positioner assembly for its secondary mirror’s design is now complete
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory is one of the most compelling opportunities for discovery in this generation for the United States to demonstrate global leadership in astronomy, and for partnerships with communities desiring to shape the future jointly.
If we do nothing, Europe will lead in the South and China in the North. We have led astronomy and astrophysics for 100 years to very good effect. This is not the moment to lose U.S. leadership.
TIO staff enjoyed their time at AstroDay Hilo.
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