Are you familiar with the Planet Hunters project? More than 15,000 armchair astronomers helped discover 2 candidate Jupiter-sized exoplanets. Follow-up observations on the Gemini Observatory South🔭revealed that these are not your average exoplanets ➡️Queen's University Belfast 🎓: qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2…

Have you met the Gemini Observatory twins? Operated by U.S. National Science Foundation @NOIRLabastro, Gemini South sits at 2715m on Cerro Pachón in Chile 🇨🇱 and Gemini North sits at 4200m near the summit of Maunakea, mid-Pacific🏔️🌊. Their dual-hemisphere locations allow them to survey the entire sky!🌌

This aerial drone view shows the Southwest Ridge of the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of U.S. National Science Foundation @NOIRLabastro, recovering from the Contreras Fire that reached the observatory grounds in June 2022. 📷KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld noirlab.edu/public/images/…

Have you ever looked at a remarkably detailed image of a galaxy or nebula and wondered how the light from that object got from interstellar space to your screen? 💻The answer is via the power of a light-capturing chip called CCD. Read our latest blog: ow.ly/Cm1n50RlIkx

it’s a beautiful afternoon at Gemini South! US National Gemini Office

Our AURA partner, Cerro Tololo is a complex of telescopes and instruments in Chile, at an altitude of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet), and is part of NOIRLab. At right is the Carina Nebula, as observed by Cerro Tololo: noirlab.edu/public/program… #AURAPartners

Congratulations Lori 🤩! Lori Allen, Mid-Scale Observatories Director at @NSF@NOIRLabastro, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).AAAS #AAASFellows
Read more in this Announcement: noirlab.edu/public/announc…
📷:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA