The UArizona 12-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak Is Part of Something Much Bigger: the Event Horizon Telescope

Radio telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory helps explore the most extreme objects in the Universe

Chiara Villanueva
8 June 2023
NOIRLab Science

Reflections on Helmut Abt

Colleagues Share Thoughts on a Pioneer in Astronomy

Chiara Villanueva
26 May 2023
People@NOIRLab

Rings of Quaoar

Astronomers discover a second "impossible” ring around the Trans-Neptunian object Quaoar

Josie Fenske
18 May 2023
Science Snippets

A Day in the Life of an Observatory

A look into the diverse team of people who keep NOIRLab observatories running 24/7

Josie Fenske
26 April 2023
From the Ground Up

Forecast for Titan: Using Stars to Study Atmosphere on Saturn’s Moon

Two rare stellar occultation events gave astronomers a chance to uncover details about Titan’s atmospheric wind patterns.

Josie Fenske
11 April 2023
Science Snippets

Dark Sky Protection: We Are Losing the Universe

From city lights to satellite constellations, the heritage of the night sky is quickly slipping away

Chiara Villanueva
16 March 2023
Science Snippets

Tracing Dark Matter Across the Spectrum and Across the Cosmos

Two cosmological surveys of the southern sky combine forces to place powerful new constraints on the Standard Model of cosmology.

Josie Fenske
10 March 2023
Science Snippets

Unveiling Networks of Stellar Nurseries in Nearby Galaxies

NOIRLab’s Janice Lee and her team used JWST to study star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths

Gemma Lavender
16 Feb. 2023
NOIRLab Science

Getting to Know our Galactic Neighborhood

Inside the hunt for the Milky Way’s smallest neighbors.

Calum Spring-Turner
10 Feb. 2023
Science Snippets

Photographing the World at Night: First of NOIRLab’s Ambassadors Program

World-renowned nightscape photographer Babak Tafreshi is a champion of promoting the night sky to the public, and how we all share the same stars.

Gemma Lavender
26 Jan. 2023
NOIRLab Nation

Science Shines Bright at the ‘World Cup’ of Astronomy and Astrophysics

NOIRLab Joins the Global Astronomy Community at 2023 AAS Winter Meeting

Charles Blue
6 Jan. 2023
NOIRLab Nation

New images of a planetary nebula suggest a cosmic crime scene

NOIRLab astronomer Letizia Stanghellini has co-authored a new paper telling a different story of an object that astronomers thought they knew

Laura Hiscott
8 Dec. 2022
NOIRLab Science

60 Years of Discovery from Cerro Tololo, the Observatory on the ‘Edge of the Abyss’

On 23 November 1962 astronomers and engineers selected Cerro Tololo as the ideal site for a new observatory, launching an unprecedented era of exploration, discovery, and learning.

Laura Hiscott
23 Nov. 2022
From the Ground Up

Rings around a rosy star system are destined for interstellar space

NOIRLab astronomer Ryan Lau, one of the first people to use JWST, observed a pair of interacting stars that are puffing out concentric rings of dust

Laura Hiscott
12 Oct. 2022
NOIRLab Science

A glimpse of the first stars that lit up the Universe?

The Gemini North telescope might have captured the first evidence of a first-generation star — and a kind of supernova never seen before.

Laura Hiscott
28 Sept. 2022
Science Snippets

GHOST in the machine: Gemini’s powerful spectrograph

A brand new instrument has joined the astronomical armoury at the Gemini South telescope that will study the chemistry of the Universe

Gemma Lavender
20 July 2022
Science Snippets

Teen Astronomy Café — To Go: A New Twist on Data in the Classroom

NOIRLab’s gateway for igniting interest in astronomy and STEAM in high-school students goes online

Gemma Lavender
28 June 2022
EPO@NOIRLab

Probing dark matters in the Universe with Rubin

Vera C. Rubin Observatory could help find critical answers to questions first posed by the observatory’s namesake half a century ago

Gemma Lavender
17 May 2022
On the horizon

How Rubin will uncover secrets of the Milky Way’s history

While Vera C. Rubin Observatory will probe the Universe’s deepest depths, it will also reveal more about our very own home galaxy

Gemma Lavender
20 April 2022
On the horizon

Tracking transients with Rubin

A key part of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s mission is to spot everything in the sky that changes

Gemma Lavender
5 April 2022
On the horizon
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