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TMT Top News

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

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) marked a major milestone on its way to becoming the world’s most advanced and capable optical telescope. A key part of the telescope’s adaptive optics (AO) system, which will give TMT the sharpest eye possible on the Universe, was successfully tested and is ready to become actual hardware. -- more --

"Mysteries of the Cosmos": TMT Partners with Caltech, DISCOVER Magazine, and the National Science Foundation January 14, 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.

Keck Telescope and "Cosmic Lens" Team-up to Demonstrate Eventual Power of Thirty Meter Telescope October 8, 2008

Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues used a rare cosmic alignment and modern adaptive optics to image a distant galaxy with similar exquisite resolution promised by the future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). -- more --

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

After completing a worldwide survey unprecedented in rigor and detail of astronomical sites for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one in each hemisphere, for further consideration. Cerro Armazones lies in Chile's Atacama Desert, and Mauna Kea is on Hawai'i Island. -- more Spanish

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

The California Institute of Technology and the University of California have received a $200 million commitment over nine years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation toward the further development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Funding under this commitment will be shared equally between the two universities, with matching gifts from the two institutions expected to bring the total to $300 million. -- more --