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TIME December 18, 2025

The Best Space Photos of The Year
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December 16, 2025

The Year in Photos 2025
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November 20, 2025

Inaugural Giant Magellan Gala: Celebrating Walter Massey
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November 04, 2025

Taft Armandroff and Brian Schmidt Elected to Lead Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors
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October 21, 2025

A Look Inside the Future Operations of the Giant Magellan Telescope 
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September 30, 2025

MIT Joins Giant Magellan Telescope International Consortium
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MIT News September 30, 2025

MIT Joins In Constructing the Giant Magellan Telescope
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The Daily Texan July 03, 2025

University-Collaborated Telescope Takes Major Step Toward Completion
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Texas Standard June 30, 2025

What Will Be One of the World’s Most Powerful Telescopes Enters Final Design Phase
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The Austin Chronicle June 27, 2025

Massive Proposed Telescope From UT Enters Final Design
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The Planetary Society June 25, 2025

The Giant Magellan Telescope Takes Its Next Big Step
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The Debrief June 24, 2025

How the Giant Magellan Telescope Could Confirm Potential Signs of Life Spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope
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Optics & Photonics News June 20, 2025

Building a Giant Telescope
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Pasadena Now June 16, 2025

Giant Magellan Telescope Advances to Final Design Phase
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June 12, 2025

Giant Magellan Telescope Advances to National Science Foundation Final Design Phase
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June 05, 2025

National Science Foundation Budget Request to Congress Advances Giant Magellan Telescope
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June 03, 2025

Dark Skies Council: International Astronomical Observatories Join Forces to Protect Chile’s Skies
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Earth.com May 25, 2025

The Giant Magellan Telescope Ushers In a New Era of Astronomy
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Northwestern Magazine May 12, 2025

AI Delivers the Stars and More
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April 27, 2025

6 Observatories Benefiting from Synergy with the Giant Magellan Telescope 
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April 27, 2025

6 Benefits Unique to the Giant Magellan Telescope
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March 28, 2025

Universo Expansivo for All: Teacher Workshop
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City of STEM March 26, 2025

City of STEM + Los Angeles Maker Faire
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Carnegie Science March 26, 2025

In the Pursuit of Light: Creating One of the World’s Largest Telescopes
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March 24, 2025

President Robert Shelton Announces Retirement
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SXSW March 09, 2025

Talking Telescopes: The Future of American Observation
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University of Arizona February 27, 2025

How Next-Gen Telescopes Could Discover Extraterrestrial Oxygen
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Big Think January 21, 2025

New Science Facilities Are Needed To Keep America Great
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December 17, 2024

The Year in Photos 2024
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December 13, 2024

Northwestern University Joins Giant Magellan Telescope International Consortium
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U.S. National Science Foundation December 09, 2024

U.S. Extremely Large Telescope External Evaluation Panel Report
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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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October 15, 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

Ninth 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
News Construction
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
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CBS News July 19, 2019

Building Giant Magellan, the World’s Largest Telescope
News Construction
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
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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
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January 24, 2017

Robert N. Shelton Selected as President of Giant Magellan Telescope
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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
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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
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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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