One of TMT鈥檚 three 鈥淓arly Light鈥� instruments, the Wide-Field Optical Spectrometer (WFOS), recently underwent an interim Conceptual Design Review via Zoom. The review鈥檚 purpose was to assess the instrument鈥檚 progress to date and to provide guidance on potential work needed to successfully complete the technical and scientific aspects to bring the...
Scientists recently attended the first joint TMT-GMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was held virtually to ensure the safety of all its members. The meeting was of historical importance, as it was the first of its kind to be commonly organized with the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Science Advisory Committee.
TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) members and project office staff recently met at the Project Office in Pasadena.
TMT participated in the 3rd and biggest Annual Science Night of Eliot Arts Magnet Academy on Friday January 24th.
Presenting students the long voyage of the NASA鈥檚 Cassini spacecraft, Dr Ravinder Bhatia, TMT Project Manager Associate, talked about Saturn鈥檚 exploration and gave an outreach presentation on "Saturn's Rings and Moons" at Sierra Madre Elementary School on January 15, 2020.
The Hawaii Island New Knowledge (THINK) Fund was launched in 2014 to improve educational opportunities for Hawaii Island students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines.
Xiamen, China 鈥� 12 November, 2019 鈥� The seventh Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Science Forum was held for the first time in China, in the city of Xiamen, Province of Fujian, earlier this month.
Pasadena, CA 鈥� July 10, 2019 鈥� TMT Science Advisory Committee (SAC) members and project office scientists recently met in Pasadena. The meeting kicked off with a project update by TMT Project Manager Gary Sanders.
Last week, a group of aspiring young astronauts went through a simulation of a space mission, looking for signs of extraterrestrial life in our Solar System. The children acted out a script based on NASA/JPL's deployment of the Curiosity Rover on Mars, and also the movie "Europa Report" for the landing on Europa.
CILAS will develop the two large deformable mirrors for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
