Blast from the Past

Press Release | 2020 November 23

Maunakea Telescopes Confirm First Brown Dwarf Discovered by Radio Observations

Press Release | 2020 November 9

Restart of Limited NOIRLab Operations at Cerro Pachón, Cerro Tololo and Kitt Peak

Press Release | 2020 October 12

Looking Sharp: Most Detailed Image Yet of Famous Stellar Nursery

Press Release | 2020 October 5

A White Dwarf’s Surprise Planetary Companion

Press Release | 2020 September 14

A Dizzying Show by Comet NEOWISE

Press Release | 2020 August 24

Gemini Observatory’s Quick Reflexes Capture Fleeting Flash

Press Release | 2020 July 13

Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe

Press Release | 2020 June 24

Young Planets Bite the Dust

Press Release | 2020 June 24

Gemini Gets Lucky and Takes a Deep Dive Into Jupiter’s Clouds

Press Release | 2020 May 7

The international Gemini Observatory teams up with Hubble to support the Juno mission and bring new insights into Jovian weather.

Gemini Detects Most Energetic Wind from Distant Quasar

Press Release | 2020 April 14

Researchers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawaiʻi’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic wind from any quasar ever measured. The extragalactic tempest lay hidden in plain sight for 15 years before being unveiled by innovative computer modeling and new data from the international Gemini Observatory.

Gemini Telescope Images “Minimoon” Orbiting Earth - in Color!

Press Release | 2020 February 27

Gemini South Telescope Captures Exquisite Planetary Nebula

Press Release | 2020 February 20

The image showcases the striking planetary nebula CVMP 1. This object is the result of the death throes of a giant star. As the progenitor star of this planetary nebula slowly cools, this celestial hourglass will run out of time and will slowly fade.

Fast Radio Burst Observations Deepen Astronomical Mystery

Press Release | 2020 January 5

Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of a repeating Fast Radio Burst to a nearby spiral galaxy, challenging theories on the unknown source of these pulses.

A Galactic Dance

Press Release | 2019 December 12

The international Gemini Observatory of NSF's OIR Lab captured the image of the interacting galaxy pair NGC 5394/5 using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph at Gemin North.

Planning for a New Era in Astronomy Communication

Web Feature | 2019 November 22

GEMMA project brought together science communications professionals to explore the unique opportunities and challenges of communicating Multi-Messenger and Time-Domain Astronomy, two rapidly growing fields in astronomy.

Gemini Helps Map Larger than Expected Structure of Ancient Supercluster

Web Feature | 2019 October 22

Gemini Observatory and Subaru Telescope uncover the massive (and larger than expected) structure of a distant supercluster. Mapping the formation of these ancient superclusters is a critical step in understanding the dark matter and dark energy that shape these structures.

Two Ancient Migration Events in the Andromeda Galaxy

Press Release | 2019 October 1

Astronomers have uncovered two historic events in which the Andromeda Galaxy underwent major changes to its structure. The findings shed light not only on the evolution and formation of the Andromeda Galaxy, but to our own Milky Way Galaxy as well.

NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory Launched

Press Release | 2019 October 1

Record-Breaking Protocluster Takes Fast-track

Press Release | 2019 September 26

The discovery of the most distant large-scale cluster of galaxies in the very young Universe has astronomers puzzling over how it formed so rapidly.