Gemini Observatory
Super-sensitive Camera Captures a Direct Image of an Exoplanet
The world's newest and most powerful exoplanet imaging instrument, the recently-installed Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) on the 8-meter Gemini South…
‘The New Cool’: How These Sharp Space Pictures Were Snapped From A Ground Telescope
Rise above Earth with a telescope, and one huge obstacle to astronomy is removed: the atmosphere. We love breathing that…
New Images of Comet ISON Hurtling Towards the Sun
As Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) heads closer to Earth, we’re getting a better view of what has been billed by…
The Orion Nebula as You’ve Never Seen it Before: Jaw-dropping New Image from Gemini
This is the part of the Orion nebula. Recognize it? You may not, as this stunning new image comes from…
Galactic Struggle Captured by Gemini Observatory
The Gemini Multi-Object Spectroraph on the Fredrick C. Gillett Gemini North Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii captured this beautiful…
Observing Alert: Bright Spot On Uranus Reported
[/caption] There's nothing like a dynamic solar system... and right now another planet is being heard from. According to various…
Spectacular Galaxies Dancing Towards Destruction
[/caption] More than just another pretty picture? I’ll say! This beautiful image of the galaxy pair NGC 6872 and IC…
Mystery Object Found Orbiting Brown Dwarf
[/caption] Big planet or companion brown dwarf? Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have discovered an…