Dark Energy Survey Scientists Release Analysis of All Six Years of Survey Data
The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration collected information on hundreds of millions of galaxies across the Universe using the U.S. Department ...
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 ...
NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Spots Record-Breaking Asteroid in Pre-Survey Observations
First peer-reviewed paper using LSST Camera data identifies an asteroid, nearly the size of eight football fields, rotating every two ...
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 ...
New Instrument at SOAR Achieves First Light with Observations of Remarkable Binary Star System
The SOAR Telescope, located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, has received a major upgrade with the installation of the SOAR ...
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 ...
DECam’s Deep View of Abell 3667 Illuminates the Past of a Galaxy Cluster and the Future of Astronomical Imaging
An actively merging galaxy cluster is featured in this image assembled from a total of 28 hours of observations with ...
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 ...
