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DateTitleTypeHits
2008 November 11Planetary First Family ImagesPIO - Press Release15119
2008 November 10GEMINI RELEASES HISTORIC DISCOVERY IMAGE OF PLANETARY "FIRST FAMILY"PIO - Press Release62022
2008 October 28A Highly-split Kuiper Belt PairPIO - WebSplash6836
2008 October 07Infrared echoes from new and old dust - the case of SN 2006jcPIO - WebSplash6839
2008 September 15First Picture of Likely Planet around Sun-like StarPIO - Press Release175147
2008 September 13First Picture Of A Planet Around A Sun-Like Star? - SupplementPIO - Press Release4571
2008 September 10Probing a New Type of Stellar ExplosionPIO - Press Release7310
2008 August 15Young Asteroid Families Newly Classified by GMOSPIO - WebSplash6199
2008 August 14Gemini North Mirror Receives New Silver Coating During Major ShutdownPIO - WebSplash6261
2008 July 31A Rotating Compact Nuclear Stellar Cluster in NGC 4244PIO - WebSplash6537
2008 July 09KYOTO 2009PIO - WebSplash9011
2008 July 08The 500th Referred Gemini PaperPIO - WebSplash6414
2008 July 05The Last Supernova Legacy Survey SpectrumPIO - WebSplash7566
2008 July 01Probing the host galaxy of a luminous quasarPIO - WebSplash7413
2008 June 27Siamese Twin Galaxies in a Gravitational EmbracePIO - Press Release12659
2008 May 21Catching the Light of a Baby SupernovaPIO - Press Release14418
2008 May 21Gemini Observatory Captures Image of Galaxy With "Baby Supernova" SN 2008DPIO - Press Release15319
2008 May 16Does Methane Rain Down on Titan?PIO - WebSplash7839
2008 May 07Sampling Star-formation in Local LIRGsPIO - WebSplash8680
2008 April 14Two Very Young Massive Stars Unshrouded with LGS AOPIO - WebSplash10240
2008 April 10Ammonia Found in Atmosphere of Coolest Brown DwarfPIO - WebSplash9739
2008 April 03Spectacular Star Cluster May Host Black Hole Missing LinkPIO - Press Release28961
2008 March 20Light Echoes Bring 400-year-old Supernova Into FocusPIO - WebSplash10703
2008 March 05Gemini Kicks off Local Outreach in 2008PIO - WebSplash20255
2008 February 27The United Kingdom a Full Partner in GeminiPIO - WebSplash15359
2008 February 20More Evidence of Gas Inflows Into an Active Galaxy’s NucleusPIO - WebSplash17866
2008 February 19Detection of Substellar Companion in Interacting BinaryPIO - WebSplash18462
2008 February 11Update on the UK status in Gemini -- updated February 11, 2008PIO - WebSplash14821
2008 February 08Mauna Kea Experiences Extended Severe Weather "Event"PIO - WebSplash14230
2008 January 25Special Session of the Gemini Board Resolves UK Partnership IssuePIO - WebSplash15937
2008 January 17A Young Erupting Pre-main Sequence Star Takes a (Long) NapPIO - WebSplash21083
2008 January 08Supernova Remnants Dance in the LMCPIO - Press Release67419
2008 January 08Gemini Science at the 211th AAS MeetingPIO - WebSplash13709
2007 December 18Gemini Staff Family Summit ToursPIO - WebSplash15088
2007 December 01Chile Observatories Earthquake Preparedness Workshop Dec. 3-4, 2007PIO - WebSplash16470
2007 November 29Odd Little Star has Magnetic PersonalityPIO - Press Release77116
2007 November 16Important Announcement from the Gemini Board – November 16, 2007PIO - WebSplash32108
2007 November 15Astronomers Spot Evidence for Colliding Planet Embryos in Famous Star ClusterPIO - Press Release95995
2007 November 06Are "Fossil Groups" Morphed from Cannibalized Galaxies?PIO - WebSplash17671
2007 October 18Most Massive Stellar Black Hole FoundPIO - WebSplash19881
2007 October 08The Gemini Deep Planet Survey - First ResultsPIO - WebSplash25944
2007 September 27The 400th Gemini PaperPIO - WebSplash25021
2007 September 24Most Distant Quasar Samples Conditions in the Young UniversePIO - WebSplash25513
2007 September 11Quasar Pairs Reveal Distant Galaxy ClustersPIO - WebSplash20996
2007 September 05Gemini's Impact on Deep ImpactPIO - WebSplash21466
2007 August 30NIFS Dissects the Heart of HL Tauri's JetPIO - WebSplash27336
2007 August 17Uncovering a Missing Link Between Dwarf Galaxies and Globular ClustersPIO - WebSplash23568
2007 July 31Frenetic growth of supermassive black holes in the early universePIO - WebSplash30694
2007 July 18Charon: An Ice Machine in the Ultimate Deep FreezePIO - Press Release121059
2007 June 27Young Stars Swim in Pools of Molecular HydrogenPIO - WebSplash34745
2007 June 18Astronomers Converge in Brazil for 2007 Gemini Science MeetingPIO - WebSplash29250
2007 May 31Discovery Narrows the Gap Between Planets and Brown DwarfsPIO - Press Release120764
2007 May 25Distant and Massive Galaxy Cluster Revealed in Gemini Deep Deep Survey FieldPIO - WebSplash31142
2007 May 15GNIRS RecoveryPIO - WebSplash41654
2007 May 14Most Massive Galaxies have Surprisingly Diverse OriginsPIO - WebSplash31258
2007 April 18Are Short Gamma-ray Bursts Cosmic Tricksters?PIO - WebSplash33981
2007 April 04Featherweight Celestial Pair Has Uncertain Future TogetherPIO - Press Release131110
2007 March 22The Delicate Trails of Star BirthPIO - Press Release269214
2007 March 02Giant Interstellar Jet Stream Revealed by TEXESPIO - WebSplash105210
2007 January 19Comet McNaught Captured from Cerro PachonPIO - WebSplash48155
2007 January 19Tightening the (Asteroid) Belt around Zeta LeporisPIO - WebSplash51609
2007 January 09Some Rare Abnormal Stars may have White Dwarf Parents to BlamePIO - Press Release261260
2007 January 08Small Warm Doughnut Feeds Theories of Extragalactic Black HolesPIO - Press Release166273
2006 December 19Gemini Welcomes the New Year with "Wide Eyes"PIO - WebSplash52218
2006 December 15Nature's Tiniest Stellar TwinsPIO - WebSplash51418
2006 December 12Near Infrared Spectra Constrain an Extraordinary Pair of Cosmic DwarvesPIO - WebSplash46658
2006 November 13Gemini North Recovers from EarthquakePIO - WebSplash51042
2006 October 31Distant carbon atoms betray very early enrichment in the young universePIO - WebSplash56051
2006 October 31Resolving the Hearts of Luminous Infrared GalaxiesPIO - WebSplash56980
2006 October 16Hawai'i Earthquake Update for Gemini NorthPIO - WebSplash60206
2006 October 13Hidden Mass Concentration Near the Center of Starbursting Galaxy M83PIO - WebSplash52971
2006 September 29Understanding The Nature of a Distant Short GRBPIO - WebSplash54697
2006 September 20Stellar birth control at high redshiftPIO - WebSplash61314
2006 August 31Dissecting the Universe's Great Power StationsPIO - WebSplash56968
2006 July 31Does IRS-8 contain the youngest and most massive star in the Galactic Center?PIO - WebSplash64578
2006 July 20Big Cluster Elliptical Galaxies Formed FirstPIO - WebSplash65774
2006 July 20Gemini Captures Close Encounter of Jupiter's Red SpotsPIO - Press Release254367
2006 June 15Gemini Observes New Neptunian Trojan AsteroidsPIO - Press Release80073
2006 June 08THE EARLY UNIVERSE IS DUSTY, AND ASTRONOMERS FINALLY KNOW WHYPIO - Press Release89585
2006 June 05A Tale of Two NebulaePIO - Press Release245776
2006 June 05GEMINI PROBES THE CENTER OF ANDROMEDA GALAXY WITH UNPRECEDENTED CLARITYPIO - Press Release92503
2006 May 18Gemini Science Archive - One Million and CountingPIO - WebSplash62996
2006 May 17Hilo Students Observe Comet Break-up with GeminiPIO - WebSplash64168
2006 May 03Companion Explains "Chameleon" SupernovaPIO - Press Release236047
2006 April 21Can Mid-Infrared Outflows Masquerade as Circumstellar Disks?PIO - WebSplash69965
2006 April 12Eta Carinae: A Spectacular Show From A Convulsing Massive StarPIO - WebSplash76695
2006 April 07Gemini Images a "Shocking" Skull of GasPIO - Press Release97581
2006 March 21New Class of Comets may be Source of Earth's WaterPIO - WebSplash65343
2006 March 15Gemini Finds Young Binary Dwarf Pair is Large and HotPIO - WebSplash72582
2006 March 10Mid-Infrared Astronomy in Full Swing at GeminiPIO - WebSplash67252
2006 March 02'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i Opens in HiloPIO - WebSplash65841
2006 February 16Gemini Sheds New Light on Dark Matter in NGC 3379PIO - WebSplash69896
2006 February 15New Gemini Director AnnouncedPIO - WebSplash65292
2006 February 01Gemini South Traces the Flow of Gas into the Grasp of the Black Hole in NGC 1097PIO - WebSplash66561
2006 January 04Gemini Looks Down the Mouth of an Interstellar CavernPIO - Press Release249959
2006 January 04The 200th Gemini PaperPIO - WebSplash68848
2006 January 04Fossil group of galaxies shows dearth of low luminosity membersPIO - WebSplash70803
2005 December 12Gemini North probes the gas, dust and stars at the center of the active galaxy NGC 1068PIO - WebSplash72970
2005 November 22Multi-Instrument Nights at Gemini North and South: a Powerful Approach to ObservingPIO - WebSplash72617
2005 November 22Gemini's Nod-&-Shuffle Provides Critical Deep Spectroscopic Data for Supernova Legacy SurveyPIO - WebSplash67201
2005 October 28Altair Undergoes Successful Performance UpgradePIO - WebSplash67849
2005 October 20Cracks or Cryovolcanoes? Surface Geology Creates Clouds on Titan as Observed by Gemini and KeckPIO - Press Release85079
2005 October 05Gemini Tracks Down Distance to Short Gamma-Ray Burst For The First TimePIO - WebSplash65999
2005 September 21bHROS Available on Gemini South for Semester 2006APIO - WebSplash69352
2005 September 15Mauna Kea Giants Find Common Nursery for CometsPIO - Press Release82879
2005 September 08Dusty Old Star Offers Window to Our Future, Astronomers ReportPIO - Press Release232771
2005 August 26A Chinese Dragon and a Knotted Galactic EmbracePIO - Press Release437655
2005 August 10Gemini Uncovers 'Lost City' of StarsPIO - Press Release387477
2005 July 29Gemini Observatory Shows That "10th Planet" Has a Pluto-Like SurfacePIO - Press Release275446
2005 July 20Dustiest Star Could Harbor a Young EarthPIO - Press Release315886
2005 July 07Gemini Prepares for Planet Searching with NICIPIO - WebSplash75037
2005 July 02Deep Impact Captured by GeminiPIO - WebSplash187852
2005 June 28Mid-infrared Dust Emission from Massive-Star SupernovaePIO - WebSplash69505
2005 June 15Gemini Survey Uncovers Plethora of Trapezium TreasuresPIO - WebSplash67190
2005 June 01Star Pair Grows Dust in Early YouthPIO - WebSplash66811
2005 May 17Amateur Astronomers Travel Deep Into Stellar Cocoon Using GeminiPIO - Press Release506723
2005 April 28First Measurement of Hyperfine Splitting Constant in an Astrophysical ObjectPIO - WebSplash67546
2005 April 12Sedna Reveals Pristine Surface in Gemini Near-infrared SpectraPIO - WebSplash78741
2005 March 28First Paper from Gemini/HST Galaxy Survey: It Takes More Than Aging to Shape A GalaxyPIO - WebSplash74581
2005 March 11Formation of Young Massive Stars UnshroudedPIO - WebSplash76671
2005 February 23GMOS-South Probes Gas and Stellar Dynamics in Post-Merger GalaxyPIO - WebSplash67556
2005 January 27100th Gemini Paper Reveals White Dwarf Progenitors are Prolific Mass ExpellersPIO - WebSplash68546
2005 January 13Dusting for Clues: Gemini Discovers Evidence for Colliding Bodies in Planet Forming DiskPIO - Press Release355178
2005 January 10Stunning Images Herald Opening of Gemini Observatory's Image GalleryPIO - Press Release385886
2005 January 01Gemini Observatory Welcomes 2005 with Release of Galactic Fireworks ImagePIO - Press Release254001
2004 December 15New Clouds Add to Titan's MysteryPIO - Press Release242592
2004 December 09Gemini Observatory Announces Selection of 2005 StarTeachersPIO - Press Release270162
2004 December 07Gemini North 8-meter Primary Mirror Successfully Coated with Silver on Mauna KeaPIO - WebSplash73563
2004 November 30Strong spectral signatures of steam betray low mass brown dwarf using GNIRS at Gemini SouthPIO - WebSplash70262
2004 November 04Gemini Observes Remains of Massive Star Cluster Near Milky Way's Galactic CenterPIO - WebSplash74764
2004 October 27Gemini Detects Something "Cool" in Our Neighborhood: Closest Known Brown Dwarf has a CompanionPIO - WebSplash220132
2004 October 19Deep near infrared Gemini observations with NIRI refute alleged redshift z = 10 galaxyPIO - WebSplash67468
2004 October 05Mystery Object Neither Star Nor Brown DwarfPIO - Press Release350093
2004 September 21The Gemini Science Archive: the Data are Yours!PIO - WebSplash68911
2004 September 18Homepage ArchivePIO - WebSplash6131
2004 September 07Galactic Contortionists Captured by GeminiPIO - WebSplash237796
2004 August 25MICHELLE and HIRES Observing Times are TradedPIO - WebSplash70647
2004 August 12Searching for the end of the cosmic dark ages with GMOSPIO - WebSplash85854
2004 July 21Gemini South Obtains First High-Resolution Image of Dust Around Supernova 1987APIO - WebSplash72978
2004 July 07A high abundance of massive galaxies 3-6 billion years after the Big BangPIO - WebSplash71979
2004 June 30Gemini, Subaru & Keck Discover large-scale funneling of matter onto a massive distant galaxy clusterPIO - WebSplash67367
2004 June 09Gemini South is First 8-10 Meter Class Telescope With Protected Silver CoatingsPIO - Press Release324459
2004 May 25Cosmic Powerhouses Dwell In Humble Galactic HomesPIO - Press Release229745
2004 May 18The Gemini Deep Deep Survey Opens a New Window Into the Distant Universe of Galaxy AssemblyPIO - WebSplash73780
2004 May 04Waltzing Irregular Satellites Around Jupiter and SaturnPIO - WebSplash67608
2004 April 27Gemini-South's Near-Infrared Spectrograph Gets 3-D visionPIO - WebSplash66402
2004 April 12Orphan HII Regions Near Stephan's QuintetPIO - WebSplash73253
2004 March 30Celestial Beacon Sheds New Light on Stellar NurseryPIO - Press Release400749
2004 March 08Gemini Probes Galaxy Evolution a Billion Years After the Big BangPIO - WebSplash79037
2004 February 25Gemini Probes Red Stars in M82 Using Adaptive OpticsPIO - WebSplash66300
2004 January 26Massive Old Star Reveals Secrets On DeathbedPIO - Press Release269135
2004 January 05 Why do Galaxies in the Young Universe Appear so Mature?PIO - Press Release715408
2003 December 02Gemini South/PHOENIX Strikes AgainPIO - WebSplash59701
2003 November 19The Gemini Science Archive Prototype: Released !!PIO - WebSplash59446
2003 November 04Gemini's First Look at the Interstellar Medium in the "Redshift Desert"PIO - WebSplash59313
2003 October 29Chilean StarTeachers Bring The Universe Into Hawai`i ClassroomsPIO - WebSplash60500
2003 October 22Gemini South's Secondary Mirror Sports Shiny Silver CoatPIO - WebSplash69175
2003 October 02Gemini South + FLAMINGOS Find Distant Quasar SDSS J0836+0054 to be Surprisingly Red and DustyPIO - WebSplash66186
2003 September 02Galaxies Under the Cosmic Microscope: a GMOS-North Study of the Lensed Galaxy #289 in A 2218PIO - WebSplash67497
2003 August 19PHOENIX on Gemini South Reveals Clues about the Origin of FluorinePIO - WebSplash68819
2003 August 06Near-Infrared Images Reveal Structure in Jupiter's Cloudy AtmospherePIO - WebSplash68225
2003 July 23MICHELLE Peers at the Dust and Gas of the Planetary Nebula NGC 7027PIO - WebSplash66171
2003 June 30Looking Sharp: Images from New Gemini Spectrograph Rival View from SpacePIO - Press Release334627
2003 June 17Gemini South Mid-Infrared Imager T-ReCS Glimpses Dry Ice Frost on MarsPIO - WebSplash66031
2003 June 02New Gemini Images Exemplify the Power of Adaptive OpticsPIO - Press Release397105
2003 May 27Gemini Newsletter #26 ReleasedPIO - WebSplash65634
2003 May 12OSCIR Probes Heated Dust in the Active Galactic Nucleus of the Spiral Galaxy NGC 4151PIO - WebSplash66060
2003 April 29NIRI Catches the Infrared Glow of a Major Neutron Star OutburstPIO - WebSplash65776
2003 April 15Gemini South Tracks Optical Microflares Around Black Hole in Binary SystemPIO - WebSplash66570
2003 April 02Gemini North and Keck Probe Saturn's Moon Titan from Clouds to Icy HighlandsPIO - WebSplash66807
2003 March 25Gemini South Staff Moves Into New Base Facility in ChilePIO - WebSplash65529
2003 February 26Gemini's Near-Infrared Imager Images Over 120,000 Stars in the Nearby Galaxy M33PIO - WebSplash65987
2003 February 12Gemini Images Tightest Known Orbiting Brown Dwarf-Star PairPIO - WebSplash66124
2003 January 28Gemini Announces Selection of Six "StarTeachers"PIO - WebSplash232371
2003 January 21Tragic Fire Destroys Most of Australia's Mount Stromlo ObservatoryPIO - WebSplash65950
2003 January 09Gemini South Helps Discover Galactic Jet in Spiral GalaxyPIO - WebSplash65700
2002 December 18Gemini North & South Receive New Instruments for the Holidays!PIO - WebSplash65743
2002 December 02Probing the Chemistry of Red Giants in the Large Magellanic Cloud with PHOENIX on Gemini SouthPIO - WebSplash66732
2002 November 13Gemini Telescope on Mauna Kea Named in Honor of Dr. Frederick C. GillettPIO - Press Release79641
2002 November 06 Astronomers "Converge" on Galactic CenterPIO - WebSplash71975
2002 November 06IRS-8 - A unique bow shock in the Galactic Center regionPIO - WebSplash85277
2002 October 09OSCIR Unveils Rich Dust Content in the Second Most Metal Deficient Galaxy KnownPIO - WebSplash66090
2002 September 26Gemini Obtains First Spectrum From Furthest Known Dusty GalaxyPIO - WebSplash66602
2002 September 10Gemini North Probes Deep Sky with GMOSPIO - WebSplash67663
2002 August 27CIRPASS — Doing Science on Gemini SouthPIO - WebSplash65526
2002 August 13New Internet Link Moves Gemini a Step Closer to Becoming World's First "Cyber Observatory"PIO - Press Release236914
2002 August 13Gemini StarTeachers Exchange Program Strengthens Sister City Ties Between Hilo and La SerenaPIO - WebSplash165694
2002 June 20Serendipitous SciencePIO - Press Release238024
2002 June 04High-Tech Horse SensePIO - Press Release229001
2002 June 03Viewing the June 10th Partial EclipsePIO - WebSplash66627
2002 May 21Closest Brown Dwarf Companion Ever Spotted Around a Star Provokes New PerspectivePIO - Press Release315282
2002 April 29Current Status of the Gemini South Base FacilityPIO - WebSplash65621
2002 April 04Einstein (Relatively Speaking) Drops In On Hawaii!PIO - WebSplash66415
2002 March 21Gemini Observatory Captures Multi-Dimensional Movie of Active Galaxy's CorePIO - Press Release236383
2002 February 25Massive Star Pair Raises Dust While Doing the TangoPIO - Press Release80417
2002 February 22Phoenix: Spectra from the commissioning and Demonstration Science runPIO - WebSplash66032
2002 January 18Gemini Observatory Celebrates Historic First for Observational AstronomyPIO - Press Release226677
2002 January 07Brown Dwarf Found Around Nearby, Sun-Like StarPIO - Press Release269721
2002 January 07Astronomers Discover Edge-On Protoplanetary Disk in Quadruple Star SystemPIO - Press Release79730
2001 December 03Media Invited to Gemini South Dedication January 18, 2002, La Serena and Cerro Pachón, ChilePIO - Press Release79004
2001 October 29Gemini Observation Deepens Mystery of Local Active GalaxyPIO - Press Release80783
2001 October 02Gemini Observatory Captures "Perfection" With Early Image From New High-Tech InstrumentPIO - Press Release235524
2001 July 23Gemini Spies Strong Stellar Gusts in Nearby Massive StarPIO - Press Release233688
2000 October 16Gemini Cuts Deep Into Galactic Core with Release of First DataPIO - Press Release79451
2000 March 208.1-Meter Mirror Crosses Oceans to Reach Gemini TelescopePIO - Press Release79498
1999 June 25New Telescope Gives Astronomers a Clearer Vision of the UniversePIO - Press Release79001
1999 April 15Gemini Observatory Receives Funding to Take Mauna Kea Internet Access to New HeightsPIO - Press Release79310
1998 December 23Gemini Observatory on Hawaii's Mauna Kea Reaches Several MilestonesPIO - Press Release79592
1998 November 18Dedication of Gemini Observatory's Northern Operations Centerin Hilo, HawaiiPIO - Press Release78983
1998 August 03Gemini's Public Information Officer Opens the Public Information and Outreach OfficePIO - Press Release79363
1998 June 298.1 Meter Gemini Observatory Mirror Delivered to Mauna KeaPIO - Press Release79133
1998 February 18 First Gemini 8-meter Mirror is Best of Its SizePIO - Press Release79232
1998 February 18Australia to Share in "Heavenly Twins"PIO - Press Release79299
1998 February 13Adrian Russell Appointed UK ATC DirectorPIO - Press Release79242
1998 February 04Acceptance Test Results from first Gemini M1 MirrorPIO - Press Release79999
1997 August 29Chile Returns to the PartnershipPIO - Press Release78757
1997 June 24Groundbreaking for Telescope Base Facility in HiloPIO - Press Release79374
1997 May 09Corning Ships Second Gemini Mirror BlankPIO - Press Release79460
1996 February 08Project Scientist Named for International Gemini ProjectPIO - Press Release78982
1996 January 30Second Gemini Mirror Blank FusedPIO - Press Release78832
1995 October 11Corning Completes Gemini Large Telescope Mirror BlankPIO - Press Release74087
1994 September 30October Inauguration for Giant Gemini "Twin" Telescopes in Hawaii and ChilePIO - Press Release74344