Gemini South Telescope
A Dying Red Giant Star has Thrown Out Giant Symmetrical Loops of Gas and Dust
The Gemini South telescope has captured a new image of the glowing nebula IC 2220. Nicknamed the Toby Jug Nebula,…
9 months ago
A Fast Radio Burst has Finally Been Traced Back to its Source: the Outskirts of a Galaxy 4 Billion Light-Years Away
An Australian-led research effort has managed to pinpoint the location of the first non-repeating Fast Radio Burst, which could have…
5 years ago
Galaxy May Host ‘Death Spiral’ Of Two Black Holes Becoming One
Two black holes in the middle of a galaxy are gravitationally bound to each other and may be starting to…
10 years ago
‘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…
11 years ago
Stunning, Colorful New Look at the Lagoon Nebula
[/caption] Wow, is this gorgeous or what?! Argentinean astronomers Julia Arias and Rodolfo Barbá used the Gemini South telescope in…
13 years ago