SCIENCE NEWS

Composite shows four Hubble images in quarters. At top left is a crisp view of Mars in shades of orange, blues, and browns. At top right is planetary nebula NGC 2899, which is shaped like a single macaroni noodle, with its central torus appearing semi-transparent and blue and green, and its top and bottom edges in orange. At bottom left is a tiny portion of the Rosette Nebula. Very dark gray material shaped like a triangle takes up the center. At bottom right is barred spiral galaxy NGC 5335 with a milky yellow center that forms a bar surrounded by multiple blue star-filled spiral arms that wrap up counterclockwise.

Hubble’s Window on the Universe: NASA Celebrates Hubble’s 35th Year in Orbit

Undulating waves of gold, orange and red fill this image. Dark black areas are surrounded by deep red and orange indicating sunspots.

Largest Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter Achieves First Light at the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope’s Cryo-NIRSP instrument offers unprecedented look at Alfvén waves

AURA NEWS

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look unveiling event save-the-date poster.

Mark Your Calendars! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Unveil First Look Images on 23 June 2025

The immense digital camera is slowly being moved into place lifted by a yellow lift.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

Illustration of 2 large telescopes side by side with yellow laser lines coming out of them. the Logos of TMT NOIRLab and GMT are on the bottom of the image.

AURA Response to NSF’s US ELT External Evaluation Panel Report

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

CENTERS

Montage of the telescopes of NOIRLab with data connecting them

NSF NOIRLab

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

NSF NSO

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

STScI

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