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NSF NOIRLab
Discovering Our Universe Together
About NSF NOIRLab
NSF NOIRLab is the preeminent US national center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy. The mission of NOIRLab is to enable breakthrough discoveries in astrophysics by developing and operating state-of-the-art ground-based observatories and providing data products and services for a diverse and inclusive community.
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Signals from NSF NOIRLab
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Research & Knowledge
NSF NOIRLab astronomers discovered the most distant proto-supercluster ever found, known as COSMOS-z3.1-A, located around 11 billion light-years away.
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People
NSF NOIRLab announced that applications for the REU program close September 9.
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Operations & Supply
NSF NOIRLab resumed trips to Cerro Tololo with a large bus and minibuses can now reach Cerro Pachón in addition to 4x4 vehicles.
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Operations & Supply
NSF NOIRLab resumed scientific operations for the SOAR Telescope at Cerro Pachón and the NSF Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo following the severe storm in Chile.
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Operations & Supply
NSF NOIRLab opened hotels and cafeterias at both Cerro Pachón and Cerro Tololo to allow personnel and teams to return to the mountains and resume shift work.
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Operations & Supply
NSF NOIRLab and Gemini South are transitioning into previously scheduled off-sky periods for planned telescope maintenance.
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Presence & Recognition
NSF NOIRLab captured astronomical views across Chile, Hawaiʻi, and Arizona at its sites, including the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, International Gemini Observatory, and KPNO.
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Research & Knowledge
NSF NOIRLab published an image of the shattered remains of comet C/2025 K1 appearing in color from Gemini North in 2025.
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Presence & Recognition
NSF NOIRLab and six Hawaiʻi Island students helped bring a new Gemini North image to life with the image named Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola, The Twin Spirits Pulling Together Creating Life.
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Presence & Recognition
NSF NOIRLab announced that telescopes at the NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile are gathering around the Milky Way for a group photo.
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Research & Knowledge
NSF NOIRLab captured a composite image of the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys with a wide-field view captured by the Mosaic Camera on the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory.
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