SCIENCE NEWS

Slightly curved thin luminous lines from purple to turquoise to green to red and then yellow, run vertically over on a black background.

New Instrument at SOAR Achieves First Light with Observations of Remarkable Binary Star System

A glowing ball with a gold halo and tail streaks to the right in the center of this image. The black background is cover with rainbow colored streaks throughout the image.

Gemini South Captures Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS During Educational Observing Program

A close up image of the Sun with an orange wave-like structure in th middle and bright yellow sections above and below ir. It is covered in dark lines indicating the direction of the wave.

The NSF Inouye Solar Telescope Delivers Record-Breaking Images of Solar Flare, Coronal Loops

AURA NEWS

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look unveiling event save-the-date poster.

Mark Your Calendars! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Unveil First Look Images on 23 June 2025

The immense digital camera is slowly being moved into place lifted by a yellow lift.

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

Illustration of 2 large telescopes side by side with yellow laser lines coming out of them. the Logos of TMT NOIRLab and GMT are on the bottom of the image.

AURA Response to NSF’s US ELT External Evaluation Panel Report

AURA enables astronomical discovery and promotes broad engagement in exploring the Universe.

CENTERS

Montage of the telescopes of NOIRLab with data connecting them

NSF NOIRLab

The preeminent US national center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy.

NSF NSO

Advancing knowledge of the Sun, the dominant external influence on Earth and the local archetype of a typical star.

STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is a multi-mission operations center for NASA’s flagship observatories and a world-class astronomical research center.

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