SCIENCE NEWS

NSO: Scientists Developed New Model to Predict Sunspot and Plage Coverage for Solar Cycle 25

NOIRLab: Galactic Ballet Captured from NSF’s NOIRLab in Chile

STScI: NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning

AURA NEWS

This 180-megapixel panorama shows the various Maunakea observatories including Gemini North, part of the International Gemini Observatory, a program of NSF's NOIRLab.

AURA and NSF’s NOIRLab Acknowledge Hawai‘i House Bill 2024

Continuing Updates on the Contreras Fire at Kitt Peak National Observatory

Kitt Peak National Observatory Shuts Down Due to Contreras Fire

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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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