Science Announcements


Electrical Accident at Gemini North Closes Road, Injury Minor

27 February 2014

When performing electrical troubleshooting at Gemini North telescope facility on Wednesday, February 26, one of our electrical specialists accidentally contacted a powered circuit and

March GeMS Run Cancelled

19 February 2014

The Gemini South laser suffered a fault towards the end of the last GeMS run in February. The laser power has been lost to

Gemini North Back On-sky: Dome Repairs Complete

18 February 2014

After a very involved repair to a drive unit for the shutter of the Gemini North dome, Gemini North is back on the sky

Great Interest in Large and Long Programs

13 February 2014

Interest from our user community in the new Large and Long Programs mode is excellent, with over 40 letters of intent submitted by the

A Video Blog about Gemini and GPI

13 February 2014

Take a few moments to enjoy this fun independent video blog about GPI, which is also a great introduction to Gemini. This “vlog”

Data Forum Contest Entries Due February 28

13 February 2014

The deadline for submitting content to the Gemini Data Forum, in order to be eligible for the Director’s Discretionary Time prizes, is February 28

Mauna Kea Update

13 February 2014

Repair work on the Gemini North shutter drive is nearing completion, with expectations that we will be back on sky the night of February

A Dwarf Galaxy Origin for a Milky Way Cluster

13 February 2014

What is the origin of massive star clusters? Recent work by Gary Da Costa (Australian National University) and collaborators shows evidence that the Milky