Council Charter (pdf) The AMCR provides oversight and advocacy for the management of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Roger Blandford Stanford University Tulika Bose Univ Wisconsin Madison Brenna Flaugher (Chair) Fermilab Larry Gladney Yale University Matthew Graham California Institute of Technology Allison Lung Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Rachel Mandelbaum Carnegie Mellon Pat McCarthy (ex […]
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Council Charter (pdf) The SOC provides oversight for the National Solar Observatory (NSO). Sarbani Basu Yale University Doug Biesecker National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration Geoff Crowley Arcfield Dale Gary (Chair) New Jersey Institute of Technology S. Craig Jackson, Jr. University of Tennessee, Knoxville James Mason (Vice-Chair) Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Sarah Matthews University College […]
Council Charter (pdf) The NMOC and each of its members are trustees and advocates to the AURA Board for the mission of NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory. The NMOC provides stewardship and management oversight of NSF’s NOIRLab and gives support and advice to AURA on important policy and management matters. JoAnn Browning University of […]
Council Charter (pdf) STIC provides oversight and advocacy for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). Scott Altman (Vice-Chair) Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Federal Stuart Bale University of California, Berkley James Bullock (Chair) University of Southern California Joan Higginbotham Joan Higginbotham AdAstra, LLC Matt Mountain (ex officio) AURA Alison Nordt Lockheed Martin Willie Rockward Alabama State […]
Joan Burkepile University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Atam Dhawan New Jersey Institute of Technology Tomás Diaz de la Rubia The University of Arizona Mayra Montrose L3Harris Technologies Emily Petroff Perimeter Institute Joe Shields Large Binocular Telescope Observatory Nicolle Zellner Albion College
Sunspot Solar Observatory is transitioning back to regular operations as of September 17th
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is addressing a security issue at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) facility at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico and has decided to temporarily vacate the facility as a precautionary measure until further notice. All other NSO facilities are open and operating normally. AURA, which manages Sacramento Peak […]
The universe is a big place. The Hubble Space Telescope’s views burrow deep into space and time, but cover an area a fraction the angular size of the full Moon.
Dr. Jennifer Lotz English Version La Asociación de Universidades para la Investigación en Astronomía (AURA) se complace en anunciar el nombramiento de la Dra. Jennifer Lotz como la próxima Directora del Observatorio Gemini. La Dra. Lotz comienza una designación de cinco años como Director de Gemini a partir del 1ro de octubre de 2018. Anteriormente, […]
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Lotz as the next Director of the Gemini Observatory. Dr. Lotz begins a five-year appointment as Gemini Director starting October 1, 2018. Previously, Dr. Lotz held the position of associate astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
A new paper in the journal Nature Astronomy, The delay of shock breakout due to circumstellar material evident in most Type II Supernovae, written by a group of researchers from the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) and the Department of Astronomy of the University of Chile, Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS) and international institutions, sheds new light on supernova explosions.
Observations from the Gemini South and other telescopes in Chile played a critical role in understanding light echoes from a stellar eruption which occurred almost 200 years ago.
Sometimes you find something you weren’t even looking for. A team of scientists led by Carnegie Science’s Scott S. Sheppard just announced the discovery of twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter, found during a search for very distant Solar System objects.
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations, led by Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), approved the fiscal year 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill crafted by Subcommittee Chairman Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Vice Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). Following the bill’s 30-1 vote out of committee, AURA’s President […]
A camera used at the Gemini North telescope to monitor sky conditions from Hawaii’s Maunakea captured a remarkable time-lapse sequence of the Kīlauea volcanic eruption. The sequence shows the glow from an extensive region of fissures over the course of a single night (May 21-22). During the sequence, multiple fissures expelled lava in the area in and around Leilani Estates in the Puna district of the Big Island of Hawai‘i. The lava also flowed into the ocean during the period of the video.
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