Gemini News Archive
MULTI-TASKING SUPERNOVA: RECORD-BREAKING STELLAR EXPLOSION HELPS UNDERSTAND FAR-OFF GALAXY
Press Release | 2012 August 29
A team, led by Edo Berger of Harvard University, made the most of a dying star’s fury to probe a distant galaxy some 9.5 billion light-years distant. The dying star is the most distant stellar explosion of its kind ever studied.
Astronomers Reassured by Record-breaking Star Formation in Huge Galaxy Cluster
Press Release | 2012 August 13
The team, led by MIT's Michael McDonald, found evidence for extreme star formation, or a starburst, significantly more extensive than any seen before in the core of a giant galaxy cluster.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS: PLANET-FORMING DISK TURNS OFF LIGHTS, LOCKS DOORS ...
Press Release | 2012 June 29
TYC 8241 2652, a young analog of our Sun, transformed completely: from displaying all of the characteristics of hosting a solar system in the making only a few years ago to showing little of the warm dusty material thought to originate from collisions of rocky planets.
Celestial Tapestry is Born of Uncertain Parentage
Press Release | 2012 May 14
A new Legacy Image from the Gemini Observatory reveals the remarkable complexity of the planetary nebula Sharpless 2-71 (Sh 2-71).
MEETING CONVERGES ON GEMINI OBSERVATORY’S RECENT AND POTENTIAL SCIENTIFIC IMPACT
Press Release | 2012 April 24
In mid-July 2012, astronomers from around the world will converge in San Francisco, California to discuss recent and future science from the Gemini Observatory.
Gemini Video Explains the Next Generation of Adaptive Optics
Press Release | 2012 April 3
Learn how Gemini is leading the way in developing the next generation of adaptive optics to power the new Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System (GeMS).
AURA SELECTS KISSLER-PATIG AS NEW GEMINI OBSERVATORY DIRECTOR
Press Release | 2012 March 23
Dr. William Smith, President of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA), announced today the selection of Dr. Markus Kissler-Patig as the new Director of the Gemini Observatory.
Revolutionary Instrument Propels Astronomical Imaging to New Extremes
Press Release | 2012 January 6
Gemini’s next-generation adaptive optics system produces highest-resolution with largest field-of-view ever captured from the ground using laser guide star technology.
TWO RECORD-BREAKING BLACK HOLES FOUND HIDING NEARBY
Press Release | 2011 December 1
Observations with the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveal evidence for what astronomers are calling the largest black holes ever measured in our nearby cosmological neighborhood.
Gemini Observatory Celebrates 1,000th Paper
Press Release | 2011 November 2
Gemini Observatory's 1000th paper, by Gemini astronomer Tom Geballe and the team, published in the November 2nd electronic edition of the journal Nature.
Gemini Image Captures Elegant Beauty of Planetary Nebula Discovered by Amateur Astronomer
Press Release | 2011 August 8
The image of Kronberger 61, discovered by Austrian amateur astronomer Matthias Kronberger, is featured at an International Astronomical Union symposium on planetary nebulae this week in Spain’s Canary Islands. The research team’s work features a striking image of the new nebula obtained with the Gemini Observatory.
THE MOST DISTANT QUASAR: BOTH HEADACHE AND OPPORTUNITY
Press Release | 2011 July 7
An international team of astronomers discovered the most distant known supermassive black hole, seen as a luminous quasar caused by gas falling into the black hole.
BETTING ON THE MOST DISTANT GAMMA RAY BURST EVER SEEN: EXTREME DISTANCE DETERMINED WITH GEMINI OBSERVATORY IMAGES
Press Release | 2011 May 25
A unique set of images from the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i allowed the researchers to estimate the distance of a GRB with a relatively high degree of certainty, placing it near the edge of the observable universe.
Gemini Images a Psychedelic Stellar Nursery
Press Release | 2011 May 4
Two astronomers used the Gemini South telescope in Chile to obtain a dramatic new image of the nursery that could be described as psychedelic.
Australian Students Capture Dancing Galaxies
Press Release | 2011 March 29
High school students from across Australia joined in a competition to obtain scientifically useful (and aesthetically pleasing) images using the Gemini Observatory. The winning image is an interacting galaxy pair NGC 6872 and IC 4970.
QUASAR’S BELCH SOLVES LONGSTANDING MYSTERY
Press Release | 2011 February 23
For the first time, observations with the Gemini Observatory clearly reveal an extreme, large-scale galactic outflow that brings the cosmic dinner to a halt.
Gemini South Shines First Sodium Laser “Constellation”
Press Release | 2011 January 27
A new era in high-resolution astronomy began with the successful propagation of a 5-star sodium laser guide star "constellation" in the skies over Cerro Pachon in Chile.
Astronomers 'Weigh' Heaviest Known Black Hole in our Cosmic Neighborhood
Press Release | 2011 January 14
Astronomers have measured the most massive known black hole in our cosmic neighborhood by combining data from a giant telescope in Hawai'i and a smaller telescope in Texas.
Jupiter Shows First Signs of its Returning Belt
Press Release | 2010 November 24
The composite image, taken on Nov. 18, 2010 by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, shows a belt that had previously vanished in Jupiter's atmosphere is now reappearing.
WITHOUT A TRACE – A FLASH IN JUPITER'S SKY
Press Release | 2010 September 9
Amateur astronomers used high-speed, video-monitoring equipment to capture a fireball streaking through the atmosphere of Jupiter. Shortly thereafter, the world’s largest telescopes examined Jupiter for debris left behind.
