SCIENCE NEWS

Our Mysterious Universe Still Evades Cosmological Understanding

Artist’s Impression of Kilonova Progenitor Star System

NOIRLab: First Kilonova Progenitor System Identified

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way.

NOIRLab: Billions of Celestial Objects Revealed in Gargantuan Survey of the Milky Way

AURA NEWS

AURA seeks new Director for National Solar Observatory

NOIRLab’s Dara Norman President-Elect of the American Astronomical Society

AURA seeks new Director for the Space Telescope Science Institute

AURA enables astronomical discovery and promotes broad engagement in exploring the Universe.

CENTERS

Montage of the telescopes of NOIRLab with data connecting them

NSF’s NOIRLab

The preeminent US national center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy.
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NSF’s NSO

Advancing knowledge of the Sun, the dominant external influence on Earth and the local archetype of a typical star.
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STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is a multi-mission operations center for NASA’s flagship observatories and a world-class astronomical research center.
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