AURA Annual Meeting 2024
On a bright April morning in Tucson, Arizona, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy’s (AURA) Annual Meeting kicked ...
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’ ...
Stuartt Corder
Deputy Director, NSF NOIRLab and AURA Mission Scientist in Chile Stuartt Corder has a strong history of leadership in astronomy ...
NOIRLab’s Lori Allen Elected 2023 AAAS Fellow
Lori Allen, Mid-Scale Observatories (MSO) Director at NSF NOIRLab, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the ...
Charting the Quantum Horizons of Astronomy
On March 11, 2024, researchers gathered in Tucson, Arizona for a workshop to discuss something new for astronomy: quantum-enabled optical ...
World’s Largest Digital Camera for Astronomy is Complete and will travel to Rubin Observatory in Chile
This 3,200 megapixel instrument, built by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, will be brought to ...
Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
With the powerful, 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), astronomers have constructed a massive 1.3-gigapixel image showcasing the ...
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
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
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’
Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have captured the ...
New Siena Galaxy Atlas Delivers Improved Measurements of Almost 400,000 Nearby Galaxies
Astronomers have created a detailed atlas of almost 400,000 galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood. The Siena Galaxy Atlas was compiled ...