NOIRLab
Universe’s Expansion History: Insights from the DESI Survey
The DESI survey has observed a new set of 5000 galaxies every 20 minutes since its launch in 2021.
Heaviest black hole pair ever found
This massive pair gives clues as to why such an event seems so unlikely in the Universe.
Gemini South telescope captures stunning image of peculiar galaxy with twisted dust lanes
Astronomers have revealed new details about a peculiar galaxy, NGC 4753, located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy, which...
Gemini North Telescope captured the eroding remains of dwarf galaxies
Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope have identified over 100 galaxies, giving insight into the transition of dwarf galaxies into ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.
A detailed atlas of almost 400,000 galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood
Astronomers have created a detailed atlas of almost 400,000 galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood. The Siena Galaxy Atlas was compiled using data from NSF's...
First-time evidence of the presence of an accretion disk within the active galactic nucleus
Accretion disks: How big are they really?
International Gemini Observatory traces gamma-ray burst to nucleus of ancient galaxy
Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the Gemini South telescope, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy...
Multiple rock-forming elements detected in the scorching exoplanet’s atmosphere
Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have detected multiple rock-forming elements in the...
DESI early data release contained nearly two million Galaxies, Quasars, and Stars
First small fraction of gigantic cosmic survey released and now available via DOE’s Berkeley Laboratory with a portion hosted by NOIRLab’s Astro Data Lab
A pair of infant stars captured bursting from their natal cocoons of dust and gas
Radiant protostars and shadowy clouds clash in stellar nursery.
First evidence of a dying Sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet
Astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have observed the first evidence of a dying Sun-like star engulfing an...
A sharper look at the first image of a M87 black hole
Machine learning reconstructs the new image of Messier 87 from Event Horizon Telescope data