Teen Astronomy Café
The Teen Astronomy Café program is a free out-of-school program that offers high school students opportunities to interact with scientists who work ...
NOIRLab: Billions of Celestial Objects Revealed in Gargantuan Survey of the Milky Way
Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering ...
NOIRLab: Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the Universe. Supermassive versions of these unimaginably dense objects likely reside at ...
NOIRLab: Record-Breaking Gamma-Ray Burst Possibly Most Powerful Explosion Ever Recorded
In the early-morning hours of 14 October 2022, astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in Chile operated by NSF’s NOIRLab ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
2022 AURA Annual Meeting
Each year the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) holds an Annual Meeting for the Representatives from its ...
