The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will weight 2.4 million-pounds and may revolutionize our understanding of the universe. It uses seven giant mirrors to collect and focus the light to a point and ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope today announced the successful installation of one of its completed 8.4-meter-diameter primary ...

The search for habitable planets has taken a leap forward with new space telescopes probing exoplanet atmospheres for life.

Giant Magellan Telescope The GMT is one of several large ground-based optical telescopes in development. Situated high and dry in Chile, it will have seven primary mirror segments, each over 26 ...

In June 2024, the Giant Magellan Telescope's enclosure passed its final design review and is now ready for construction in Chile. The 65-meter-tall enclosure will be one of the largest mechanized ...

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With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...