A White Dwarf’s Surprise Planetary Companion

Press Release | 2020 September 14

A Dizzying Show by Comet NEOWISE

Press Release | 2020 August 24

Gemini Observatory’s Quick Reflexes Capture Fleeting Flash

Press Release | 2020 July 13

Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe

Press Release | 2020 June 24

Young Planets Bite the Dust

Press Release | 2020 June 24

Gemini Gets Lucky and Takes a Deep Dive Into Jupiter’s Clouds

Press Release | 2020 May 7

The international Gemini Observatory teams up with Hubble to support the Juno mission and bring new insights into Jovian weather.

Gemini Detects Most Energetic Wind from Distant Quasar

Press Release | 2020 April 14

Researchers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawaiʻi’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic wind from any quasar ever measured. The extragalactic tempest lay hidden in plain sight for 15 years before being unveiled by innovative computer modeling and new data from the international Gemini Observatory.

Gemini Telescope Images “Minimoon” Orbiting Earth - in Color!

Press Release | 2020 February 27

Gemini South Telescope Captures Exquisite Planetary Nebula

Press Release | 2020 February 20

The image showcases the striking planetary nebula CVMP 1. This object is the result of the death throes of a giant star. As the progenitor star of this planetary nebula slowly cools, this celestial hourglass will run out of time and will slowly fade.

Fast Radio Burst Observations Deepen Astronomical Mystery

Press Release | 2020 January 5

Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of a repeating Fast Radio Burst to a nearby spiral galaxy, challenging theories on the unknown source of these pulses.

A Galactic Dance

Press Release | 2019 December 12

The international Gemini Observatory of NSF's OIR Lab captured the image of the interacting galaxy pair NGC 5394/5 using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph at Gemin North.

Two Ancient Migration Events in the Andromeda Galaxy

Press Release | 2019 October 1

Astronomers have uncovered two historic events in which the Andromeda Galaxy underwent major changes to its structure. The findings shed light not only on the evolution and formation of the Andromeda Galaxy, but to our own Milky Way Galaxy as well.

NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory Launched

Press Release | 2019 October 1

Record-Breaking Protocluster Takes Fast-track

Press Release | 2019 September 26

The discovery of the most distant large-scale cluster of galaxies in the very young Universe has astronomers puzzling over how it formed so rapidly.

Gemini Observatory Captures Multicolor Image of First-ever Interstellar Comet

Press Release | 2019 September 13

The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in multiple colors. The image of the newly discovered object, denoted C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), was obtained on the night of 9-10 September using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North Telescope on Hawaii’s Maunakea.

Exoplanets Can’t Hide Their Secrets from Innovative New Instrument

Press Release | 2019 August 29

A cunning new instrument at Gemini Observatory has achieved what was once thought impossible — namely, the characterization of an exoplanet orbiting a binary star and determining which star of the pair it orbits.

Total Annihilation for Supermassive Stars

Press Release | 2019 August 15

Gemini Observatory captures critical data on an exotic stellar explosion that’s challenging astronomers to rethink how the most massive stars end their lives.

Cosmic Cat and Mouse: Astronomers Capture and Tag a Fleeting Radio Burst

Press Release | 2019 June 27

Gemini Observatory provides critical observations that confirm the distance to a mysterious, very short-lived, radio outburst from a galaxy billions of light years away.

The Formative Years: Giant Planets vs. Brown Dwarfs

Press Release | 2019 June 11

Based on preliminary results from a new Gemini Observatory survey of 531 stars with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), it appears more and more likely that large planets and brown dwarfs have very different roots.

Gemini Focuses on a Mid-sized Galactic Black Hole

Press Release | 2019 June 6

An international team of researchers led by astronomer Jong-Hak Woo obtained deep spectroscopy from Gemini, combined with light echo measurements from multiple observatories, to confirm a black hole “missing link.”