NOIRLab: Potential First Traces of the Universe’s Earliest Stars
Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the Universe ...
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NOIRLab: Dark Energy Camera Captures Bright, Young Stars Blazing Inside Glowing Nebula
NOIRLab has released a breathtaking image of the star-forming Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357), which is located about 8000 light-years from ...
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NOIRLab: Sharpest Image Ever of Universe’s Most Massive Known Star
By harnessing the capabilities of the 8.1-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile, which is part of the International Gemini Observatory ...
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AURA and NSF’s NOIRLab Acknowledge Hawai‘i House Bill 2024
The International Gemini Observatory, a program of the National Science Foundation's (NSF’s) NOIRLab, which operates the Gemini North telescope on Maunakea, and its management ...
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Continuing Updates on the Contreras Fire at Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Contreras Fire reached the Kitt Peak National Observatory during the early morning of Friday 17 June 2022. We are ...
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Kitt Peak National Observatory Shuts Down Due to Contreras Fire
A brush fire that has been designated the Contreras Fire is burning near Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in southern ...
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NOIRLab: Gemini North Telescope Helps Explain Why Uranus and Neptune Are Different Colors
Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Using observations from the Gemini North ...
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2022 AURA Annual Meeting
Each year the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) holds an Annual Meeting for the Representatives from its ...
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NOIRLab: Galactic Ballet Captured from NSF’s NOIRLab in Chile
The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 take center stage in this image from the US Department of ...
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Remembering Doug Tody, the ‘Father of IRAF’
Former NOAO employee Doug Tody, who was the visionary behind the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF), has passed away from complications ...
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NOIRLab: Spanish Dancer Galaxy Twirls into View
This image, taken by astronomers using the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter ...
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NOIRLab: Sidewinding Young Stellar Jets Spied by Gemini South
Sinuous stellar jets meander lazily across a field of stars in new images captured from Chile by the international Gemini ...
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