CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2019 The National Science Founda-tion’s proposed funding of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea is on hold pending further environmental review. Above, police officers stand ...

PITTSBURGH, July 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (COHR), a key partner in the development of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), is proud to announce the completion of its 100th polished ...

HONOLULU (AP) — About 20 people opposed to building what would be one of the world’s largest telescopes on a Hawaii mountain are camped out near the construction site, vowing to stop work from ...

PASADENA, Calif. — After careful evaluation and comparison between two outstanding candidate sites–Mauna Kea in Hawai’i and Cerro Armazones in Chile–the board of directors of the TMT Observatory ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope is designed to filter out the distortions of the atmosphere to provide images more like what we currently get from space telescopes. After some delays in planning, the TMT ...

The construction of a $1.4 billion telescope on land considered sacred by some Native Hawaiians will resume Wednesday, according to the nonprofit company behind the project. Henry Yang, chairman of ...

The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). As an Observer, China will participate in planning the ...

The University of California and the California Institute of Technology have received a $200 million commitment over nine years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation toward the further ...

Hawaii's Supreme Court makes a controversial decision to approve a telescope. Hawaii’s Supreme Court made a controversial decision on a long-debated issue by voting in favor of continuing the ...

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $17.5 million to the University of California for collaboration with the California Institute of Technology on a project intended to build the world’s ...