SCIENCE NEWS

STScI: Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen

newly released high-resolution image of solar sunspots captured by the Inouye Solar Telescope on May 11, 2021 (not from the first science observation). The data leading to this image were acquired with the Visible Broadband Imager blue channel at a wavelength of 450 nanometers.

NSO: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Begins Science Operations Commissioning Phase

STScI: Galaxy Collision Creates ‘Space Triangle’ in New Hubble Image

AURA NEWS

Many Segments are now One Mirror

Remembering Doug Tody, the ‘Father of IRAF’

Webb Telescope emerging from the Ariane 5 faring

Why will it take six months to see JWST’s first science images?

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

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NOIRLab

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