The Giant Magellan Telescope and IDOM has announced that the telescope's enclosure, set to be one of the world's largest ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) and IDOM announced earlier today the enclosure for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which has passed its final design review and is now ready ...

ROCKFORD, IL — August 28, 2024 — The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. today announced the start of manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount built in ...

In June 2024, the Giant Magellan Telescope's enclosure passed its final design review and is now ready for construction in Chile. The 65-meter-tall enclosure will be one of the largest mechanized ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope will be one of the world's most advance ground-based telescopes once it is completed, but for now the challenge is to turn the finalized design for it's rotating enclosure ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope doesn’t seem so giant in the renderings, until you see how the mirrors are made. The telescope will require seven total mirrors each 27 feet (8.4 meters) in diameter ...

The giant mount will ultimately be shipped to Chile and then reassembled, where it will support the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and its 25.4 meter diameter primary mirror made up of seven ...