A group poses in front of of a starry sky with a visible comet

NSF Representatives and US Senate Staffers Visit AURA Facilities in Chile

U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee staffers, along with representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Embassy, visited the AURA/NOIRLab ...
NGC 1270: A Galactic Archipelago is shown as glittering stars on a deep black background with large fuzzy halos of yellow

Gemini North Captures Galactic Archipelago Entangled in a Web of Dark Matter

100 years ago Edwin Hubble discovered decisive evidence that other galaxies existed far beyond the Milky Way. This image, captured ...
A group of people stand in front of of a very large telescope at Simonyi Survey Telescope Dedication Ceremony at Rubin Observatory

Simonyi Survey Telescope Dedicated at NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Ceremony

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory celebrated a landmark moment in astronomy and astrophysics with the dedication of the Simonyi Survey ...
Artist Illustration of Early-Universe Quasar Cosmic Neighborhood

DECam Confirms that Early-Universe Quasar Neighborhoods are Indeed Cluttered

Observations using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) confirm astronomers’ expectation that early-Universe quasars formed in regions of space densely populated ...
A multitude of stars and galaxies on a dark background. In the center are two brighter galaxies with a yellow glow around them.

Queen Berenice II’s Hair Tied Together by Dark Matter

The Dark Energy Camera captures an image of the dazzling Coma Cluster, named after the hair of Queen Berenice II ...
Gemini North Captures Starburst Galaxy Blazing Bright With Newly Forming Stars

Gemini North Captures Starburst Galaxy Blazing Bright With Newly Forming Stars

A festive array of bright pinks and blues makes for a remarkable sight in this image captured with the Gemini ...
International Gemini Observatory and Subaru Combine Forces to Discover First Ever Pair of Merging Quasars at Cosmic Dawn

International Gemini Observatory and Subaru Combine Forces to Discover First Ever Pair of Merging Quasars at Cosmic Dawn

Since the very first instant after the Big Bang the Universe has been expanding. This means that the early Universe ...
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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 ...
Dark Energy Camera Images Cometary Globule CG 4. Stars in various brightness shine throughout the image which is red and pink on the bottom 2/3 and black along the top.

Dark Energy Camera Spies Cometary Globule Reaching for the Stars

The dark, dusty cometary globule known as CG 4 is spotlighted in this image from the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark ...
Gemini South Reveals Origin of Unexpected Differences in Giant Binary Stars

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 Headshot

Stuartt Corder

Deputy Director, NSF NOIRLab and AURA Mission Scientist in Chile Stuartt Corder has a strong history of leadership in astronomy ...
Headshot of Lori Allen smiling against a red cosmic background

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 ...