![Gemini South Reveals Origin of Unexpected Differences in Giant Binary Stars](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/noirlab2410a-348x198.jpg)
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](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/noirlab2405a-348x198.jpg)
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 ...
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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](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/noirlab2403a-348x198.jpg)
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’](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/noirlab2330a-348x198.jpg)
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’](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/noirlab2326a-348x198.jpg)
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](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/noirlab2318a-348x198.jpg)
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 ...
![NOIRLab: Gemini North Back On Sky With Dazzling Image of Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/noirlab2315a-348x198.jpg)
NOIRLab: Gemini North Back On Sky With Dazzling Image of Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy
Gemini North, part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is back observing the night sky following the ...
![NOIRLab: Astronomers Witness Star Devouring Planet: Possible Preview of the Ultimate Fate of Earth](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/noirlab2311a-348x198.jpg)
NOIRLab: Astronomers Witness Star Devouring Planet: Possible Preview of the Ultimate Fate of Earth
By studying countless stars at various stages of their evolution, astronomers have been able to piece together an understanding of ...
![NOIRLab: Dual Quasars Blaze Bright at the Center of Merging Galaxies](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/noirlab2309a-348x198.jpg)
NOIRLab: Dual Quasars Blaze Bright at the Center of Merging Galaxies
Astronomers using an array of ground- and space-based telescopes, including Gemini North on Hawai‘i, have uncovered a closely bound duo ...
![NOIRLab: ‘Taffy Galaxies’ Collide, Leave Behind Bridge of Star-Forming Material](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/noirlab2308a-348x198.jpg)
NOIRLab: ‘Taffy Galaxies’ Collide, Leave Behind Bridge of Star-Forming Material
The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, captured this dazzling image of ...
![NOIRLab: Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/noirlab2227a-348x198.jpg)
NOIRLab: Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the Universe. Supermassive versions of these unimaginably dense objects likely reside at ...