I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

The University of Texas at Austin's Daniel T. Jaffe has been appointed as the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope ...

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The GMTO Corporation, the international consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, today announced it has appointed Daniel T. Jaffe as ...

Astronomer Daniel Jaffe has been appointed the next president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Corporation – the international consortium building the $2.5bn Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). He succeeds ...

The group building what could become the world's most powerful optical telescope, the Giant Magellan, has a new leader. The ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope is under construction in a Chilean desert, one of the best places on Earth to view space Credit: photo via GiantMagellan.Org UT-Austin just took a big step in its process ...

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The GMTO Corporation, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit and international consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, today announced a leadership ...

the study of planets outside our solar system. mirrors are being developed at the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory. Each mirror must be polished to an accuracy of 25 ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors has elected Dr. Taft Armandroff as chair and Dr. Brian Schmidt as vice chair — guiding the observatory through its next phase of construction. We honor ...

With vice chair Brian Schmidt, the McDonald Observatory director will lead the next phase of construction. Taft Armandroff, Walter Massey and Brian Schmidt. Credit: GMTO Corporation The GMTO ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors has elected Dr. Taft Armandroff as chair and Dr. Brian Schmidt as vice chair — guiding the observatory through its next phase of construction. We honor ...