A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera — one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world. Within this stellar nursery's opaque boundaries, infant stars ignite within cold, dense gas and dust, while outflows hurtle leftover material into space.
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24 April 2025
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24 April 2025
We are pleased to announce that Scott Dahm has been appointed Director of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF …
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24 April 2025
The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and its partners are excited to soon be announcing the release of the first images. We have not yet determined the date of the …
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21 April 2025
International Dark Sky Week (IDSW) is taking place from 21 to 28 April 2025. This week serves as both an annual celebration of the beauty and significance of Earth’s night …
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