A glimpse into the Solar System’s future

How studying the fate of planetary systems around dead stars is revealing more about both the nature of exoplanets and what will happen to Earth when the Sun dies

Gemma Lavender
2 Nov. 2021
NOIRLab Science

John Blakeslee: A passion for telescopes

Large or small, NOIRLab’s Head of Science Staff for Observatory Support can’t get enough of the instruments that reveal the cosmos

Gemma Lavender
20 Oct. 2021
NOIRLab Nation

FITS Liberator 4: How NOIRLab’s pretty pictures are made

Software vital for processing astronomical data has received a new lease of life with the development of the free FITS Liberator 4

Gemma Lavender
5 Oct. 2021
EPO@NOIRLab

“We believe we are seeing the ‘genetic information’ of the first generation of stars”

A NOIRLab astronomer has found one of the oldest stars known, belonging to the second generation of stars to form in the Universe over 10 billion years ago

Gemma Lavender
21 Sept. 2021
NOIRLab Science

“I feel lucky to have been in the right place at the right time, a number of times!”

International Gemini Observatory Director, Jennifer Lotz, provides a behind-the-scenes look at her career and hobbies

Gemma Lavender
7 Sept. 2021
NOIRLab Nation

How quickly is the Universe expanding?

A NOIRLab astronomer has helped provide more evidence of a puzzling discrepancy in the measurement of the expansion rate of our Universe

Gemma Lavender
24 Aug. 2021
NOIRLab Science

Mariah Birchard: An unsung hero of Gemini Observatory

The Associate Electronics Engineer on life behind the scenes at Gemini South

Gemma Lavender
10 Aug. 2021
NOIRLab Nation

Nabbed by NOIRLab: Discovering the most distant star cluster in our Milky Way

With the help of Gemini South, NOIRLab’s André-Nicolas Chené uncovered a collection of massive stars 66,500 light-years away

Gemma Lavender
27 July 2021
NOIRLab Science

Studying Earth’s atmosphere with Andes Lidar Observatory

Why being almost 3000 meters above sea level offers the ideal conditions for getting to know our planet’s climate and predict space weather

Gemma Lavender
13 July 2021
Science Snippets

Leinani Lozi: “These amazing telescopes in our backyard are something I feel very proud of”

Lozi reveals how wanting to offer opportunities to the Hawai‘i community led her into a role at NOIRLab

Gemma Lavender
22 June 2021
NOIRLab Nation

ANTARES: More than just a stellar concept

NOIRLab’s Tom Matheson reveals the game-changing alert system that will make short work of pinpointing interesting cosmic activity

Gemma Lavender
8 June 2021
Innovation@NOIRLab

DESI: Shedding light on dark energy

By observing 30 million galaxies and quasars, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will create a three-dimensional map that will help us understand the force driving the Universe apart

Gemma Lavender
17 May 2021
Innovation@NOIRLab

Peering through Jupiter’s storms with Gemini

The Hawai‘i-based Gemini North telescope joined forces with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Juno spacecraft to work out what’s happening inside the gas giant’s Great Red Spot

Gemma Lavender
11 May 2021
Science Snippets

Behind the scenes of the GEMMA Program

The Gemini Observatory in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy program aims to help revolutionize ground-based astronomy

Gemma Lavender
27 April 2021
Innovation@NOIRLab

Stéphanie Juneau: “I like to think about how science and art can interact”

The story of a NOIRLab astronomer who works and lives at opposite ends of a spectrum

Gemma Lavender
13 April 2021
NOIRLab Nation

Why has the Universe gotten brighter?

Extragalactic astrophysicist Tod Lauer on how data from the New Horizons spacecraft led him to make an incredible find

Gemma Lavender
23 March 2021
NOIRLab Science

Amanda Bauer: “I grew up playing the piano, but you can’t take a piano to parties!”

Bringing space down to Earth, making music and gardening are just some of the facets of Bauer’s life

Gemma Lavender
9 March 2021
NOIRLab Nation
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