Artist’s Illustration of a Sun from the viewpoint of a red planet.

Planetary System Found Around Nearest Single Star

Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National ...
Artistic representation of the largest radio jet in the early Universe

Gemini North Teams Up With LOFAR to Reveal Largest Radio Jet Ever Seen in the Early Universe

From decades of astronomical observations scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers. The gas and ...
NGC 1270: A Galactic Archipelago is shown as glittering stars on a deep black background with large fuzzy halos of yellow

Gemini North Captures Galactic Archipelago Entangled in a Web of Dark Matter

100 years ago Edwin Hubble discovered decisive evidence that other galaxies existed far beyond the Milky Way. This image, captured ...
Gemini North Captures Starburst Galaxy Blazing Bright With Newly Forming Stars

Gemini North Captures Starburst Galaxy Blazing Bright With Newly Forming Stars

A festive array of bright pinks and blues makes for a remarkable sight in this image captured with the Gemini ...
International Gemini Observatory and Subaru Combine Forces to Discover First Ever Pair of Merging Quasars at Cosmic Dawn

International Gemini Observatory and Subaru Combine Forces to Discover First Ever Pair of Merging Quasars at Cosmic Dawn

Since the very first instant after the Big Bang the Universe has been expanding. This means that the early Universe ...
Gemini South Reveals Origin of Unexpected Differences in Giant Binary Stars

Gemini South Reveals Origin of Unexpected Differences in Giant Binary Stars

Using the Gemini South telescope a team of astronomers have confirmed for the first time that differences in binary stars’ ...
Astronomers Measure Heaviest Black Hole Pair Ever Found

Astronomers Measure Heaviest Black Hole Pair Ever Found

Using archival data from the Gemini North telescope, a team of astronomers have measured the heaviest pair of supermassive black ...
Scott Dahm headshot

Scott Dahm

NOIRLab – Interim Director International Gemini Observatory Before Scott Dahm moved into the Interim Director role, he was Deputy Director ...
Gemini South Captures Twisted Dusty Disk of NGC 4753, Showcasing the Aftermath of Past Merger

Gemini South Captures Twisted Dusty Disk of NGC 4753, Showcasing the Aftermath of Past Merger

The lenticular galaxy NGC 4753, captured by the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by ...
Gemini North Reveals the Formation of Dense Dwarf Galaxy ‘Fossils’

Gemini North Reveals the Formation of Dense Dwarf Galaxy ‘Fossils’

Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have captured the ...
NASA's Hubble Finds Bizarre Explosion in Unexpected Place and Gemini South Captures Cosmic ‘Finch’

NASA’s Hubble Finds Bizarre Explosion in Unexpected Place and Gemini South Captures Cosmic ‘Finch’

A very rare, strange burst of extraordinarily bright light in the universe just got even stranger – thanks to the ...
NOIRLab: Gemini North Detects Multiple Rock-Forming Elements in the Atmosphere of a Scorching Exoplanet

NOIRLab: Gemini North Detects Multiple Rock-Forming Elements in the Atmosphere of a Scorching Exoplanet

WASP-76b is a strange world. Located 634 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Pisces, the Jupiter-like exoplanet ...