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
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
Since the very first instant after the Big Bang the Universe has been expanding. This means that the early Universe ...
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 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
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 ...
