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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

Astronomers uncovered a closely bound duo of energetic quasars

Astronomers using an array of ground- and space-based telescopes, including Gemini North on Hawai‘i, have uncovered a closely bound duo of energetic quasars —...

Collision of Taffy galaxies created a bridge of highly turbulent material

The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, captured this dazzling image of UGC 12914 and UGC...

Largest two-dimensional map of the sky ever created

Over One Billion Galaxies Blaze Bright in Colossal Map of the Sky

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