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Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.

Thirty Meter Telescope

The world’s most powerful telescope

Courtesy of TMT - concept illustration of the TMT Observatory.

Thirty Meter Telescope

The world’s most powerful telescope

Courtesy of TMT, artist's rendering

Thirty Meter Telescope

The world’s most powerful telescope

Courtesy of TMT - primary mirror

Thirty Meter Telescope

The world’s most powerful telescope

Courtesy of TMT - artist's interpretation

Thirty Meter Telescope

The world’s most powerful telescope

Courtesy of TMT - tertiary and primary mirrors

Thirty Meter Telescope

The world’s most powerful telescope

Courtesy of TMT - rendering of complex

Unlocking mysteries about the nature of the universe

The Thirty Meter Telescope will be a powerful tool to accelerate scientific understanding of the Universe. It will advance the world's knowledge across a vast span of time from the first galaxies that formed in the Universe to the planets that orbit nearby stars in our own Milky Way galaxy that might harbor life.

The foundation provides support through a commitment to the University of California and Caltech.

For more information about the Thirty Meter Telescope, visit tmt.org.

KEY DATA POINTS

New frontiers

The Thirty Meter Telescope will be up to 200 times faster or able to detect objects 200 times fainter than today's most powerful telescopes.

first award
Sep 2003
grants to date
$250,000,000

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