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Giant Magellan Telescope project casts 7th and final mirror (photos)
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Giant Magellan Telescope project just cast its seventh and final primary mirror segment, a huge...
The future is bright for astronomy, and very expensive (op-ed)
Space via Yahoo News· 1 week agoA giant domed building with a open ceiling sits atop a sandy hill in a desert landscape, with a road...
Opinion: America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMore than 100 years ago, astronomer George Ellery Hale brought our two Pasadena institutions together to build what was then the largest optical telescope in the world. The Mt. Wilson Observatory ...
The Chandra X-ray spacecraft may soon go dark, threatening a great deal of astronomy
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA long spacecraft in space. Last week, an ominous letter was published to the Chandra X-ray...
US environmental study launched for Thirty Meter Telescope
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe National Science Foundation said Tuesday it plans to conduct a study to evaluate the...
Secrets of the early universe are hidden in this chill galaxy cluster
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis composite image contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), which helped identify SPT2215 along with...
William Blair Podcast: Cosmic Capitalism
GuruFocus.com via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe cosmos, the final frontier, the galaxy beyond: Our collective fascination with outer space has always been strong. But with companies and public...
TMT environmental review delayed by voluminous comments
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 9—The National Science Foundation is already behind in its effort to evaluate whether the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope project should be reinvigorated with $850, 000 or more in public ...
Consider TMT changes to lessen impact on Native Hawaiians, EPA urges
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 22—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is urging the National Science Foundation to consider alternative construction sites for the Thirty Meter Telescope—and possibly a smaller version ...
Saving Mt. Wilson Observatory: Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe most important things we know about the cosmos were discovered in the mountains above Los...
