Twilight observations spot three large near-Earth objects lurking in the inner Solar System. Astronomers have…
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AURA, or the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, is a consortium of institutions primarily focused on astronomical research and operating astronomical observatories. Founded in 1957, AURA is a key organization in the field of astronomy, managing major observatories and telescopes, which include the Gemini Observatory, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, and the Space Telescope Science Institute, which oversees the Hubble Space Telescope operations. AURA’s role involves managing these facilities under cooperative agreements with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies, providing infrastructure and support that enables groundbreaking astronomical research. The consortium comprises numerous prestigious universities and community colleges that collaborate to advance the frontiers of astronomical science through innovative research, public engagement, and educational initiatives. AURA also emphasizes the development of advanced technologies to enhance the capabilities of its observatories and to further the understanding of the universe.
Kitt Peak National Observatory telescope helps determine that Jupiter-like Planet is the lowest-density gas giant…
SOAR Telescope Catches Dimorphos’s Expanding Comet-like Tail After DART Impact The SOAR Telescope in Chile…
Gemini North Telescope Reveals a Relict of the Earliest Galaxies A unique ultra-faint dwarf galaxy…
Precise Insights into the Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way’s Heart Astronomers use Gemini…
The pumped-up arm of the lopsided spiral galaxy NGC 772 dominates this image captured by…
Observations from Gemini Observatory and other telescopes reveal that excess haze on Uranus makes it…
Dark Energy Camera captures a trove of celestial phenomena in one shot. This image, taken…
DOE-funded Dark Energy Camera at NSF’s NOIRLab in Chile captures a pair of galaxies performing…
The Rubin Observatory’s LSST Camera will take enormously detailed images of the night sky from…
Data from NSF’s NOIRLab Show Earth Trojan Asteroid Is the Largest Found The SOAR Telescope,…
Crystal-clear images of meandering bipolar stellar jets from young stars captured with adaptive optics. Sinuous…
DOE Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument passes 7.5 million measured galaxy redshifts. By 2026, it will…
Binary System Is the First To Be Found at the Penultimate Stage of Its Evolution…
Captured by the Gemini South telescope, the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula resembles a butterfly with only…
Gemini Observatory helps reveal that a stream of old stars at the Milky Way’s edge…
The More Than 70 Sunless Worlds Are Each Roughly the Mass of Jupiter Using observations…
The Víctor M. Blanco Telescope in Chile captures a doomed galaxy falling into the heart…