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Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing

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November 01, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Appoints Christine S. Oh as Vice President for Development and External Affairs
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Cosmos Magazine October 18, 2024

Progress On The World’s Biggest Telescope
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Interesting Engineering October 16, 2024

World’s Largest Telescope Mirrors Bloom In a Giant Flower Pattern
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Photonics World October 16, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing
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September 30, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Launches Universo Expansivo Program to Enhance Accessibility in Astronomy Education
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Carnegie Observatories September 25, 2024

Carnegie Observatories 2024 Open House
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ENR September 12, 2024

A Place to Study Eternity: Building the Giant Magellan Telescope
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August 28, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Mount Fabrication Begins
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August 28, 2024

Building a Giant, Event Photo Album
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Eye Witness News WTVO WQRF August 27, 2024

Rockford Company Building Components For World’s Most Powerful Telescope
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Rockford Register Star August 27, 2024

Rockford Company Celebrates Construction Of Largest Telescope Mount In The U.S.
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13 WREX August 27, 2024

Ingersoll Machine Tools Continues Work On First-Of-Its-Kind Telescope
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ASCE July 30, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Is An Engineering Marvel – As Is Its Building
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ENR June 24, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Passes Final Design Review
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IMechE June 14, 2024

How Engineers Are Protecting The World’s Largest Mirrors From Frequent Earthquakes
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Newsweek June 14, 2024

Construction Set To Start On World’s Most Powerful Telescope
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June 13, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Enclosure Ready for Construction
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April 05, 2024

Discoveries from the Dark Skies of Chile
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Carnegie Science March 21, 2024

Carnegie Scientists Share How the Giant Magellan Will Change Astronomy
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The New York Times March 20, 2024

5 Nobel Laureates on Building an Extremely Large Telescope
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BBC March 17, 2024

The Giant Magellan Telescope 25.4m Wide Mirror Will Be Tasked With Exploring the Cosmos
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March 01, 2024

National Science Board Announces Federal Investment Recommendation
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Houston Chronicle February 28, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Updates as the Astronomical Evolution is Underway
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February 27, 2024

Making Giant Mirrors from Stars
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Biz Tucson February 22, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Adds New Partner
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February 20, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Expands Global Science Impact with Taiwanese Partner
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National Geographic January 17, 2024

A Glass Revolution Is Underway. Spoiler Alert: It Bends and Bounces
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January 08, 2024

Giant Magellan Telescope Appoints Dr. William Burgett as Project Manager
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December 20, 2023

The Year in Photos 2023
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NOIRLab December 11, 2023

ELT Science In Light of JWST
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December 07, 2023

Fourth-Generation Technology Will Change the Future of Ground-Based Observing
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Discover Magazine November 29, 2023

Meet the Giant Telescope That May Find Life Elsewhere
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NOIRLab October 13, 2023

Viaje Al Universo
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October 10, 2023

Extrasolar Digital Art Competition Winners Imagine Distant Planets
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NOIRLab October 02, 2023

US Extremely Large Telescope Program Receives $15.3 Million from the NSF
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Carnegie Observatories September 29, 2023

Carnegie Observatories 2023 Open House
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Interesting Engineering September 27, 2023

Giant Magellan Telescope’s Last Mirror Production Underway
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Pasadena Now September 27, 2023

Work on Seventh and Final Giant Magellan Telescope Mirror Begins
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Space.com September 27, 2023

Giant Magellan Telescope Casts 7th and Final Mirror
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ABC September 27, 2023

New Telescope Mirror Construction Gets Underway at UArizona
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September 26, 2023

Giant Magellan Telescope’s Final Mirror Fabrication Begins
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September 14, 2023

Searching for Life Beyond Earth
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Community Science Meeting September 06, 2023

Eighth Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
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NPR's "Are We There Yet?" August 07, 2023

How Artificial Gravity and a Giant Telescope May Change Space Exploration
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Authority Magazine July 15, 2023

Social Impact Heroes: Jennifer Eccles of the Giant Magellan Telescope
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Forbes June 20, 2023

New $2 Billion Telescope Will Be Fitted With A ‘Large Earth Finder’
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May 16, 2023

Digital Art Contest Invites You to Imagine the Universe Beyond Our Solar System
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The New York Times April 18, 2023

A Giant Telescope Grows in Chile
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March 28, 2023

Protecting the World’s Largest Mirrors
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WREX February 22, 2023

New Magellan Telescope Plan Puts Rockford Company in the Spotlight
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Big Think January 26, 2023

Without This Genius Optical Trick, Those Gigantic Telescopes Aren’t Any Better Than the One in Your Backyard
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January 07, 2023

Planetarium at the Municipal Theater of Santiago
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December 12, 2022

The Year in Photos 2022
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Community Science Meeting August 31, 2022

Eighth Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
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Forbes August 02, 2022

‘Magic Mirrors’ Will Power The Giant Magellan Telescope
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Gizmodo August 02, 2022

Planned Giant Telescope Gets a Huge Influx of Cash
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August 02, 2022

$205 Million Investment Accelerates Construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope
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Rockford Register Star August 02, 2022

Rockford Company To Help Giant Telescope Reach For The Stars
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June 30, 2022

Giant Magellan Telescope Wins CASE 2022 Circle of Excellence Award
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March 24, 2022

Giant Light Projection Of the Universe Presented In Bicentennial Park
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Machine Design March 09, 2022

And the Award to Design the Giant Magellan Telescope Goes to…
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March 08, 2022

Giant Magellan Telescope Awards IDOM Final Design of its Telescope Enclosure
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December 30, 2021

The Year in Photos 2021
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November 05, 2021

US Extremely Large Telescope Program Ranked As Top Astro2020 Initiative
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November 04, 2021

Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s
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October 19, 2021

Weizmann Institute of Science Joins Giant Magellan Telescope, a Top Priority for Science Worldwide
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Rockford Register Star March 30, 2021

Rockford Company to Help Giant Telescope Reach for the Stars, Peek at the Universe
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23WIFR March 30, 2021

Ingersoll Breaks Ground on Facility to Build Giant Magellan Telescope Mount
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MyStateline.com March 30, 2021

Stateline Manufacturer Breaks Ground on Giant Telescope Project
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Science Friday March 12, 2021

Spinning Glass To See The Stars
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Space.com March 08, 2021

Giant Magellan Telescope Project Casts Sixth Mirror
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March 05, 2021

Engineering Marvel: Sixth Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope
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Machine Design January 05, 2021

Giant Magellan Telescope Design Buffers Against Seismic Activity
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December 31, 2020

The Year in Photos 2020
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December 23, 2020

Giant Magellan Telescope Earns Top Marks in Earthquake Safety, a First in Observatory Design
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Science Magazine December 22, 2020

Engineers Accomplish Earthquake Safety Design
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Forbes September 21, 2020

A Giant Leap Towards Defeating Astronomy’s Greatest Enemy: Earth’s Atmosphere
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Astronomy.com September 17, 2020

How We’ll Find Life in the Universe
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Space.com September 16, 2020

Giant Magellan Telescope Snags $17.5 Million Grant to Test Advanced Optics
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September 16, 2020

Major NSF Grant Accelerates Development of the Giant Magellan Telescope
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August 11, 2020

Joint Statement From the US-ELT Program
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CNN July 13, 2020

New Stars Found in the Milky Way Were Born Outside of It
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SPIE May 01, 2020

Casting Giants
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SPIE May 01, 2020

On Shaky Ground
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October 30, 2019

Giant Magellan Telescope Signs Contract for Telescope Structure
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Forbes October 19, 2019

One of the World’s Largest Telescopes Is Underway. Get To Know the Giant Magellan Telescope
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Community Science Meeting September 19, 2019

Seventh Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
Event Science
CBS News July 19, 2019

Building Giant Magellan, the World’s Largest Telescope
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May 13, 2019

Chile’s Most Advanced Astronomical Mobile Lab Launched in Front of Presidential Palace
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March 16, 2019

Excavation of Giant Magellan Telescope Pier and Enclosure Foundations Complete
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Community Science Meeting September 13, 2018

Sixth Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
Event Science
August 14, 2018

Excavation Begins on Giant Magellan Telescope Site in Chile
Announcement Construction
Forbes February 28, 2018

World’s Largest Telescope To Finally See Stars Without Artificial Spikes
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Popular Mechanics February 14, 2018

The Deep Space Eye in the Desert
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Engineering.com January 12, 2018

Boeing Engineers Lend Simulation Smarts to Giant Magellan Telescope
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Wired Magazine January 07, 2018

Wanna Master the Crafty Aerodynamics of a Humongous Telescope? Call Boeing.
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November 29, 2017

Arizona State University Joins the Giant Magellan Telescope
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Wired Magazine November 03, 2017

The Astounding Engineering Behind the World’s Largest Optical Telescope
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November 03, 2017

Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Casts Fifth Mirror
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September 25, 2017

Giant Magellan Telescope’s First Giant Mirror Segment Starts Journey South
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Community Science Meeting September 17, 2017

Fifth Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
Event Science
January 24, 2017

Robert N. Shelton Selected as President of Giant Magellan Telescope
Announcement Partners & Leadership
November 16, 2016

Walter E. Massey and Taft Armandroff Selected to Lead Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors
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Community Science Meeting September 25, 2016

Fourth Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
Event Science
December 09, 2015

James Fanson Appointed as GMT Project Manager
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November 11, 2015

The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Breaks Ground in Chile
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Community Science Meeting October 01, 2015

Third Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
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Community Science Meeting October 06, 2014

Second Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
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July 22, 2014

São Paulo, Brazil To Join Giant Magellan Telescope
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Community Science Meeting June 10, 2013

First Annual Giant Magellan Telescope Community Science Meeting
Event Science
August 01, 2012

Dr. Rebecca A. Bernstein Named Project Scientist for Giant Magellan Telescope
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July 19, 2010

University of Chicago Joins Giant Magellan Telescope
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