Telescopes and cosmos

From Edwin Hubble to the Giant Magellan Telescope Project, the University of Chicago has been at the forefront of advancements in telescope technology, leading to new and revolutionary cosmological discoveries.

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NSF grant accelerates development for one of the world’s most powerful telescopes Giant Magellan Telescope rendering at night

NSF grant accelerates development for one of the world’s most powerful telescopes

UChicago-affiliated Giant Magellan Telescope to transform humanity’s view and understanding of the universe at first light

New telescope reveals most detailed images of sun’s surface Bubbles and cracks image of the sun surface

New telescope reveals most detailed images of sun’s surface

Inouye Solar Telescope to play critical role in better understanding sun, space weather

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens Phoenix galaxy cluster

Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii Gemini Observatory

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding South Pole Telescope at night

Ambitious project to map the Big Bang’s afterglow earns NSF funding

Lecture series to examine growing research on gravitational waves Merging black holes

Lecture series to examine growing research on gravitational waves

UChicago mathematician, physicists win $3 million ‘Oscars of science’ Alex Eskin

UChicago mathematician, physicists win $3 million ‘Oscars of science’

Eugene Parker on first year of namesake NASA mission: ‘It’s pretty exciting stuff’ Parker and Fox

Eugene Parker on first year of namesake NASA mission: ‘It’s pretty exciting stuff’

New exoplanet is smallest to be precisely measured Kepler mission rendering

New exoplanet is smallest to be precisely measured

New measure of Hubble constant adds to mystery about universe’s expansion rate Red giants

New measure of Hubble constant adds to mystery about universe’s expansion rate