Science Announcements


NOIRLab Response to Astro2020 Decadal Survey

11 November 2021

NSF’s NOIRLab fully supports the scientific vision of Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s and stands ready, along with our

New Gemini Staff

22 October 2021

New science staff at NOIRLab/Gemini Observatory.

Gemini COVID-19 Update

22 October 2021

Operations at Gemini North continue unchanged, while the case counts and hospitalizations resulting from the COVID surge that began in July subside. If the

Gemini Observing Tool Release (OT 2021B.1.1.2)

22 October 2021

Gemini released a new version of the Observing Tool (OT 2021B.1.1.2) on Thursday 14 October 2021. This version includes several improvements, most notably support

Gemini Fast Turnaround October 2021

22 October 2021

Gemini North and South are accepting proposals for the Fast Turnaround (FT) program. The upcoming deadline is 23:59 Hawai‘i Standard Time on 31 October

DRAGONS v3.0 Release

22 October 2021

We are happy to announce the v3.0 release of DRAGONS. This new version includes several new features, new support, and several bug fixes

Gemini-N Adaptive Optics Bench Request for Proposal & Bidders Conference

22 October 2021

On behalf of Gemini Observatory, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is soliciting competitive proposals to design and build the adaptive

Spectrum Reveals Extreme Exoplanet Is Even More Exotic

22 October 2021

Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter — a place where iron gets vaporized, condenses on the night side and then falls from the sky like rain