Incredibly Detailed Close-Ups of the Sun From Earth’s Most Powerful Solar Telescope
Preview of early data from the Inouye Solar Telescope obtained during its Cycle 1 observing window showcases sunspots and quiet-Sun regions The NSF’s Inouye Solar…
Preview of early data from the Inouye Solar Telescope obtained during its Cycle 1 observing window showcases sunspots and quiet-Sun regions The NSF’s Inouye Solar…
Gemini North captures sprawling aftermath of head-on collision between a pair of galaxies. The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated…
Gemini South captures first direct evidence of an exoplanet being swallowed by an ancient Sun-like star. For the first time, scientists have directly observed a…
Gemini North Telescope helps confirm nature of cosmic system on the verge of becoming a giant elliptical galaxy. Astronomers using an array of ground- and…
Astronomers using the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope uncover a one-in-ten-billion binary star system. Astronomers using the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile,…
NOIRLab’s Globe at Night educational program reveals how increasing light pollution is robbing us of the night sky. A startling analysis from Globe at Night…
NSF’s NOIRLab releases colossal astronomical data tapestry displaying the majesty of our Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the…
International Gemini Observatory uncovers surprising evidence of colliding neutron stars after probing aftermath of gamma-ray burst. While investigating the aftermath of a long gamma-ray burst…
Gemini North telescope on Hawai‘i reveals the first dormant, stellar-mass black hole in our cosmic backyard. Using the International Gemini Observatory, astronomers have discovered the…
Twilight observations spot three large near-Earth objects lurking in the inner Solar System. Astronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of…
Kitt Peak National Observatory telescope helps determines that Jupiter-like Planet is the lowest-density gas giant ever detected around a red dwarf. A gas giant exoplanet…
SOAR Telescope Catches Dimorphos’s Expanding Comet-like Tail After DART Impact The SOAR Telescope in Chile imaged the more than 10,000 kilometers long trail of debris…
Gemini North telescope reveals a relict of the earliest galaxies. A unique ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered on the outer fringes of the Andromeda…
Precise Insights into the Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way’s Heart Astronomers use Gemini Observatory and an international telescope collaboration to shed light on…
The pumped-up arm of the lopsided spiral galaxy NGC 772 dominates this image captured by the international Gemini Observatory. The overdeveloped spiral arm of the…
Observations from Gemini Observatory and other telescopes reveal that excess haze on Uranus makes it paler than Neptune. Astronomers may now understand why the similar…
Dark Energy Camera captures a trove of celestial phenomena in one shot. This image, taken by astronomers using the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy…
DOE-funded Dark Energy Camera at NSF’s NOIRLab in Chile captures a pair of galaxies performing a gravitational duet. The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and…