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Built to find life beyond Earth and discover the unknown. The Universe Awaits®
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Joined May 2011
We are excited to announce that @MIT has joined the Giant Magellan Telescope as the 10th U.S. member of our international consortium. With 16 leading institutions across the United States, Chile, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, and Taiwan, the Giant Magellan Telescope
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Ian Waitz, Vice President for Research at @MIT, shares how the Giant Magellan Telescope will bring new capabilities to U.S. leadership in fundamental science: https://t.co/H3pe70jC16
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We are thrilled to welcome @MIT to the Giant Magellan Telescope's international consortium. MIT’s involvement will strengthen the GMT’s unique capabilities in high-resolution spectroscopy, adaptive optics, and the search for life beyond Earth.
giantmagellan.org
As the 10th American institution to invest, MIT expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 16 members from the United States, Chile, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, and...
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We are pleased to celebrate the great news that MIT has joined GMTO as the newest member of our international consortium. Read about this major milestone in the progression of GMTO to completion: https://t.co/E8JRcmPnUD
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MIT is joining the @giantmagellan consortium 🌌 The Giant Magellan Telescope will have 5 times the light-collecting area and up to 200 times the power of existing observatories
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MIT is lending its support to the Giant Magellan Telescope, joining the international consortium to advance the $2.6 billion observatory in Chile. The Institute’s participation, enabled by a transf...
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Big news: MIT is joining the Giant Magellan Telescope consortium! This $2.6B observatory in Chile will have 5× the light-gathering power of today’s telescopes, enabling breakthroughs in exoplanets, black holes, and more. #MIT #GMT #Astrophysics
https://t.co/zdsbFVibQp
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The following article is adapted from a joint press release issued today by MIT and the Giant Magellan Telescope. MIT is lending its support to the Giant Magellan Telescope, joining the international...
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I am delighted to welcome @MIT to the @GiantMagellan consortium. At @UArizona, our team is pioneering the telescope’s massive mirrors, and together with partners worldwide we are building an instrument that will change how humanity sees the cosmos.
Congrats to @MIT on joining us in the @giantmagellan international consortium! At @uarizona’s Mirror Lab, the telescope’s giant mirrors are already taking shape. The world’s most powerful telescope is moving forward!
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Congrats to @MIT on joining us in the @giantmagellan international consortium! At @uarizona’s Mirror Lab, the telescope’s giant mirrors are already taking shape. The world’s most powerful telescope is moving forward!
giantmagellan.org
As the 10th American institution to invest, MIT expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 16 members from the United States, Chile, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, and...
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✨@mcdonaldobs is thrilled to share @MIT has joined @UTAustin & other partners to construct & operate the @giantmagellan Telescope - Truly solidifying its role as a leading international public-private initiative for science! More: https://t.co/HFbrr8CkDv
#WhatStartsHere 🤘
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Thrilled to welcome @MIT to the @giantmagellan family!
We are excited to announce that @MIT has joined the Giant Magellan Telescope as the 10th U.S. member of our international consortium. With 16 leading institutions across the United States, Chile, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, and Taiwan, the Giant Magellan Telescope
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Giant Magellan Telescope: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joins Giant Magellan Telescope International Consortium
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As the 10th American institution to invest, MIT expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 16 members from the United States, Chile, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, and...
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Built in Chile, powered by U.S. innovation, and supported by a global partnership, the Giant Magellan Telescope demonstrates how international collaboration can advance discovery while strengthening relationships across nations. https://t.co/tIA0Ef2jDl
#giantdiscoveries
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TOMORROW: Two talks, one big night of discovery! Join @CarnegiePlanets postdocs Sierra Grant & Shubham Kanodia as they reveal how planets are born and the giants that defy all the rules. #NeighborhoodLecture 📅 Sept 25—6:30 PM ET—DC & Online 🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/LthvR91O14
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Agradecemos la visita del embajador de la República de Corea en Chile, Hak-Jae Kim, al sitio de construcción del Telescopio Gigante Magallanes, donde pudo evidenciar los avances de este proyecto de clase mundial que se construye con el apoyo de importantes socios internacionales,
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Professor Misty Bentz at @GeorgiaStateU shares how the Giant Magellan Telescope will push the boundaries of discovery — peering deeper into the hearts of galaxies and uncovering the intricate relationship between galaxies and their black holes. https://t.co/uC3PaZrAHZ
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It’s #PostdocAppreciationWeek! 🎉 Our postdocs fuel discovery with fresh ideas, sharp insights & boundless curiosity. We’re grateful for all you bring to Carnegie—today and every day. Learn about our #postdoc program👇 https://t.co/xZHRdA2dpt
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The Atacama Desert in Chile will soon be home to two of the world’s most powerful observatories: the Giant Magellan Telescope and @ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). These next-generation facilities will allow astronomers to compare and confirm findings — delivering a more
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As Founding partners in @giantmagellan Australia is developing the #MANIFEST fibre positioner to capitalise on the GMT's unmatched wide field-of-view.
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MANIFEST is a facility multi-object fibre system for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). MANIFEST will consist of hundreds of Starbug robots that patrol the GMT field of view and feed currently...
Similar to using a wide-angle lens, the Giant Magellan Telescope’s wide field of view will capture more sky — and more science. From understanding dark matter and dark energy to mapping distant galaxy populations in detail, wide-field science expands what we can learn about the
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Looking for life beyond Earth? Steward Observatory's Daniel Apai is helping redefine what “life” means—a key step in exploring exoplanets & our own solar system. Read more: https://t.co/PbzMwGuSb7
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