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June 12, 2025 09:00 ET | Source: Giant Magellan Telescope

Giant Magellan Telescope Advances to National Science Foundation Final Design Phase

The Giant Magellan Telescope received official approval from the National Science Foundation confirming that it will advance into Final Design Phase.
August 28, 2024 09:00 ET | Source: Giant Magellan Telescope

Giant Magellan Telescope Mount Fabrication Begins

ROCKFORD, Ill., Aug. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. today announced the start of manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount...
February 20, 2024 11:00 ET | Source: Giant Magellan Telescope

Giant Magellan Telescope Expands Global Science Impact with Taiwanese Partner

PASADENA, CA, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope today welcomes Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), a distinguished Taiwanese research...
August 09, 2022 09:00 ET | Source: TransAstra

Slooh Partnership Poised to Increase Student Astronomy Access and Advance Asteroid and Space Domain Awareness Data Collection

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space domain awareness, orbital logistics, and space mining leader TransAstra announced today it has partnered with educational technology platform...
January 28, 2015 12:52 ET | Source: Adler Planetarium

CITIZEN SCIENTISTS LEAD ASTRONOMERS TO MASSIVE STAR COCOONS

CHICAGO, Jan. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A paper published Monday by the Astrophysical Journal, The Milky Way Project: What are Yellowballs?, presents a new method of detecting the early stages of...