At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one ...

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, ...

The NSF NOIRLab-operated Gemini North telescope captured stunning imagery of galaxies UGC 12914 and UGC 12915, aka 'Taffy ...

NSF NOIRLab Astronomers Discover the Fastest-Feeding Black Hole in the Early Universe — Observations from JWST and Chandra reveal a low-mass supermassive black hole that appears to be consuming matter ...

A cometary globule, known as “God’s Hand,” has been captured by the Dark Energy Camera on NSF’s Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The asteroid, discovered using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, is one of 19 large fast-rotating asteroids found with ...

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 ...