On Wednesday (July 23), Diana Morant, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities in Spain, announced the Spanish ...

The US government isn't giving any money, so the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii is about to shut down. Now Spain's offering ...

After Trump’s budget cuts gutted funding for one of the world’s largest astronomy projects, Spain offers $470 million and a ...

Now the Spanish government has pitched to bring the giant facility to La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands — and backed up the effort with a pledge to contribute €400 million (US$470 million).

In its budget request, the NSF proposed advancing only the Giant Magellan Telescope, which is backed by a California-headquartered consortium. At 83 feet wide, the Magellan would be bigger than ...

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The Thirty Meter Telescope will be the world's second-largest telescope, and allow astronomers to peer into the early years of the universe — some 13 billion light years away.

What promises to be the most advanced and sensitive telescope in the world, the massive Thirty Meter Telescope, officially breaks ground Tuesday in Hawaii. When completed, it will offer the ...

An artist's rendering of the Thirty Meter Telescope at sunset. The TMT is a telescope designed for optical and infrared observing, to see first light on Hawaii's Mauna Kea in 2022. Image undated.

Astronomy is, for all intents and purposes, observation in search of truth. When I set out to make a video about the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii, that was my goal: To observe in search of truth.

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.

Protesters opposed to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope gather outside the Hawaii Legislature in Honolulu, on Tue., April 21, 2015. AP ...