Gaze into the Crystal Ball Nebula and See the Light Emitted by a Dying Star 1500 Years Ago
The 8.1-meter Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai‘i, has captured NGC 1514, nicknamed the Crystal ...
First NSF NOIRLab Follow-Up Observations Triggered by NSF–DOE Rubin Alerts
NSF NOIRLab, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, has completed end-to-end runs of its ecosystem for following up on ...
Massive Cloud With Metallic Winds Discovered Orbiting Mystery Object
Astronomers using the Gemini South telescope achieve unprecedented detection of vaporized metals within a dusty, gaseous cloud during rare stellar ...
Bright Blue Cosmic Outbursts Likely Caused by Large Black Holes Shredding Massive Companions
In 2024, astronomers discovered the brightest Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) ever observed. LFBOTs are extremely bright flashes of ...
Gemini North Color Images Reveal Greenish Glow of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Gemini North captured new images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after it reemerged from behind the Sun on its path out of ...
Gemini South Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Stunning Snapshot of the Butterfly Nebula
To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Chile voted for the Gemini South ...
Students in Hawai‘i Name Mesmerizing Image Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lani for the International Gemini Observatory’s 25th Anniversary
To celebrate 25 years since the completion of the International Gemini Observatory, students in Hawai‘i voted for the Gemini North ...
Gemini South Captures Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS During Educational Observing Program
Astronomers and students working together through a unique educational initiative have obtained a striking new image of the growing tail ...
Gemini North Discovers Long-Predicted Stellar Companion of Betelgeuse
Astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse using the NASA and U.S. National Science ...
Gemini North Observes Comet 3I/ATLAS
Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...
International Gemini Observatory and SOAR Discover Surprising Link Between Fast X-ray Transients and the Explosive Death of Massive Stars
Using a combination of telescopes, including the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...
Gemini South Observes Shape and Origin of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4
Using observations from the Gemini South telescope in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the ...
