Gemini-Discovered World is Most Like Jupiter
August 12, 2015
Going beyond the discovery and imaging of a young Jupiter, astronomers using the Gemini Observatory's new Planet Imager (GPI) have...
NGC 2346: A Cosmic Butterfly’s Delicate Wings
July 8, 2015
NOAO scientists, using the Gemini Observatory 8-meter telescope in Chile, have obtained the highest resolution image ever obtained for the...
Seeing Where Stars Collide
June 14, 2015
Using the advanced adaptive optics system GeMS, on the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have imaged a beautiful stellar jewel-box –...
Far From Home
March 2, 2015
Like the lost little puppy that wanders too far from home, astronomers have found an unusually small and distant group...
The Gemini Planet Imager Produces Stunning Observations In Its First Year
January 5, 2015
Stunning exoplanet images and spectra from the first year of science operations with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) were featured...
First Surface Observations of Oort Cloud Objects
November 6, 2014
Astronomers are announcing today the discovery of two unusual objects in comet-like orbits that originate in the Oort cloud but...
Smallest Known Galaxy with a Supermassive Black Hole
September 15, 2014
A University of Utah astronomer and his colleagues discovered that an ultracompact dwarf galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole –...
Planet-like Object May Have Spent Its Youth as Hot as a Star
August 4, 2014
Astronomers have discovered an extremely cool object that could have a particularly diverse history—although it is now as cool as...
Extreme Volcanism
July 31, 2014
During the middle of 2013, Jupiter’s moon Io came alive with volcanism. Now, an image from the Gemini Observatory captures...
Odd planet
May 11, 2014
An international team led by Université de Montréal researchers has discovered and photographed a new planet 155 light years from...
First Potentially Habitable Earth-Sized Planet Confirmed By Gemini And Keck Observatories
April 16, 2014
The first Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of another star has been confirmed by observations with both the...
Sakurai’s Object: Stellar Evolution in Real Time
April 1, 2014
Stellar lifetimes are measured in billions of years, so changes in their appearance rarely take place on a human timescale....
Gemini Planet Imager First Light!
January 5, 2014
After nearly a decade of development, construction, and testing, the world’s most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets...
Fast, Furious, Refined
November 25, 2013
Gemini observations support an unexpected discovery in the galaxy Messier 101. A relatively small black hole (20-30 times the mass...
Astronomers Celebrate “Celestial Pollution” From Perseid Meteor Shower
August 8, 2013
“Celestial Pollution” from meteors like this weekend’s Perseid Meteor Shower sprinkle sodium high up in our atmosphere and give astronomers...
Poised for Discovery
August 5, 2013
Gemini Observatory’s latest instrument, a powerful infrared camera and spectrograph at Gemini South, reveals its potential in a series of...
Revolutionary Instrument Delivers a Sharper Universe to Astronomers
July 1, 2013
A unique new instrument at Gemini South in Chile takes the removal of atmospheric distortions (using adaptive optics technology) to...
Gas-Giant Exoplanets Cling Close to Their Parent Stars
June 26, 2013
Gemini Observatory’s Planet-Finding Campaign finds that, around many types of stars, distant gas-giant planets are rare and prefer to cling...
Gemini Observatory Captures Comet ISON Hurtling Toward Uncertain Destiny with the Sun
May 28, 2013
Images of Comet ISON over the past three months hint at coming changes as comet speeds into the inner solar...
Gemini Confirms The Closest Star System Found In A Century
March 7, 2013
A pair of newly discovered stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun, according to a paper that will...
Next-Generation Adaptive Optics Brings Remarkable Details To Light In Stellar Nursery
January 7, 2013
A new image released today reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the...
All-Clear Asteroid Will Miss Earth in 2040
December 20, 2012
Potential asteroid collision in 2040 is a non-threat based on new Gemini Observatory data.
Poetry in Motion
October 16, 2012
When the lamp is shattered, The light in the dust lies dead. When the cloud is scattered, The rainbow's glory is shed.
Sharpest-ever Ground-based Images of Pluto and Charon: Proves a Powerful Tool for Exoplanet Discoveries
September 24, 2012
Despite being infamously demoted from its status as a major planet, Pluto (and its largest companion Charon) recently posed as...
Multi-Tasking Supernova
August 28, 2012
Nature hath no fury like a dying star – and astronomers couldn’t be happier…
Astronomers Reassured by Record-breaking Star Formation in Huge Galaxy Cluster
August 12, 2012
Until now, evidence for what astronomers suspect happens at the cores of the largest galaxy clusters has been uncomfortably scarce....
Going Out Of Business
June 28, 2012
That surprise you feel when your favorite store turns off its lights, locks up its doors, and suddenly, for no...
Celestial Tapestry is Born of Uncertain Parentage
May 13, 2012
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
April 23, 2012
In mid-July 2012, astronomers from around the world will converge in San Francisco, California to discuss recent and future science...
Gemini Video Explains The Next Generation Of Adaptive Optics
April 2, 2012
Learn how Gemini is leading the way in developing the next generation of adaptive optics to power the new Gemini...