NOIRLab: Dark Energy Camera Captures Galaxies in Lopsided Tug of War, a Prelude to Merger
Galaxies grow and evolve over billions of years by absorbing nearby companions and merging with other galaxies. The early stages ...
NOIRLab: Gemini North Detects Multiple Rock-Forming Elements in the Atmosphere of a Scorching Exoplanet
WASP-76b is a strange world. Located 634 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Pisces, the Jupiter-like exoplanet ...
International One Sky Project Highlights Importance and History of Indigenous Astronomy Through Film
The One Sky Project, led by the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center and sponsored by the Thirty Meter Telescope, has produced a ...
NOIRLab: Gemini North Back On Sky With Dazzling Image of Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy
Gemini North, part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is back observing the night sky following the ...
NOIRLab: Radiant Protostars and Shadowy Clouds Clash in Stellar Nursery
The clashing of energy and matter can lead to fantastical sites on Earth, such as glowing auroras and powerful lightning ...
NOIRLab: Astronomers Witness Star Devouring Planet: Possible Preview of the Ultimate Fate of Earth
By studying countless stars at various stages of their evolution, astronomers have been able to piece together an understanding of ...
NOIRLab: Dual Quasars Blaze Bright at the Center of Merging Galaxies
Astronomers using an array of ground- and space-based telescopes, including Gemini North on Hawai‘i, have uncovered a closely bound duo ...
NOIRLab: ‘Taffy Galaxies’ Collide, Leave Behind Bridge of Star-Forming Material
The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, captured this dazzling image of ...
NOIRLab: Supernova From the Year 185: A Rare View of the Entirety of This Supernova Remnant
The tattered shell of the first-ever historically recorded supernova was captured by the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, ...
Our Mysterious Universe Still Evades Cosmological Understanding
Science can uncover new knowledge, but it can also reveal what we don’t understand. New research is shedding light on ...
NOIRLab’s Dara Norman President-Elect of the American Astronomical Society
Dr. Dara Norman, NSF's NOIRLab’s Community Science and Data Center (CSDC) Deputy Director, has been elected President of the American ...
NOIRLab: First Kilonova Progenitor System Identified
Astronomers using the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have uncovered ...
