NSF's NOIRLab’s Teen Astronomy Café educational program is proud to present its newest initiative: Teen Astronomy Café — To Go! This online, free program provides complete digital education packages, ...

It has become clear that the Gemini Observatory, which has telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, has been shut down due to cyber attacks since August 1, 2023. The US National Institute of Optical and ...

A survey of 44 young massive stars to investigate planet formation shows dusty, swirling disks — likely to become new solar systems. The images were taken with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) ...

This photo features the bright, pentagonal constellation Auriga the Charioteer, which is visible in the northeastern sky at nightfall in early January. It's one of 88 constellations in the National ...

The Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile captured an "ultra-deep view of the Antlia Cluster," according NOIRLab.

A newly-released NOIRLab report, by experts representing both astronomers and satellite operators, studies the way to reduce the effect large constellations on ground-based astronomy. It concludes ...

NSF’s NOIRLab fully supports the scientific vision of Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s and stands ready, along with our managing organization, AURA, to join our ...

The image of Comet 3I/ATLAS was caught by Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island during a Shadow the ...

This mosaic of dusty, swirling disks shows a sample of images captured from the International Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, as part of an unprecedented survey of 44 young massive ...