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EPO@NOIRLab
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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