Science Announcements


New Project Director for NOIRLab US-ELT Program Appointed

15 February 2023

NOIRLab is pleased to announce the appointment of Lucas Macri as the new Project Director of NOIRLab’s part of the US Extremely Large Telescope

Helping Researchers Write Better Inclusion Plans

14 February 2023

By Tim Sacco and Dara Norman  The Toolkit of Collaborative Practice has been released as part of the US Extremely Large Telescope Program’s (US-ELTP) 

New Gemini Helpdesk Platform Launched

14 February 2023

We are pleased to announce that we moved the Gemini Helpdesk to a new cloud-based platform on 30 January 2023. The general system of

Gemini Fast Turnaround: February 2023

6 February 2023

We are pleased to announce the monthly Call for Proposals for the Gemini Fast Turnaround (FT) Program. The upcoming deadline is 12:00 (noon) Hawai‘i

Call for Letters of Intent: NSF’s NOIRLab Survey Programs

1 February 2023

NOIRLab Survey Programs NSF’s NOIRLab offers the opportunity to conduct major survey programs on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope and SOAR Telescope at

International Gemini Observatory Launches New Logo

26 January 2023

New, redesigned Gemini logo inspired by the observatory’s international structure, improved capabilities, and new instrumentation The International Gemini Observatory has unveiled a new logo

Gemini-North Primary Mirror Update

26 January 2023

The Observatory now has a signed agreement in place with Safran-REOSC for the preparatory work, glass repair, and lateral-pad removal for the primary mirror

Switch to Conda-Forge for Installing Gemini Data-Reduction Software

26 January 2023

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has recently announced that it will end support for the main Astroconda channel, which is also used