Science info from NSF NOIRLab: the U.S. national center for ground-based, nighttime optical & infrared astronomy. Main channel is at @NOIRLabAstro

Joined March 2023
We're at #DPS2026 this week! Come visit us with @VRubinObs in the exhibit hall to learn about planetary science using @KittPeakNatObs @cerrotololo @GeminiObs Rubin and more! Sarah Greenstreet can answer your questions! 📷 S. Greenstreet
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Joining the 2026 DPS meeting? 🪐 On Sun Oct. 25, take part in a FREE, one-day workshop exploring data from the NSF–DOE @VRubinObs! Open to all DPS attendees. Attending virtually? You can join online: bit.ly/4skfcd7
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🦂🔭 SCORPIO has arrived in Chile! The new facility-class instrument for the Gemini South telescope will provide powerful imaging and spectroscopic capabilities for studying rapidly changing phenomena across the Universe. 🔗 noirlab.edu/public/announcem… 📷@GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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New on NOIRLab Stories 🔍🌌 Using data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and AI-assisted searches, astronomers identified 76 gravitational lens candidates and used observations from the Very Large Telescope to confirm 70 of them as real. Read more: noirlab.edu/public/blog/desi…
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Unlock the universe with NSF's @NOIRLabAstro datalab archival data! Take a look at our vast catalog of images, spectra, and survey data that may help accelerate your discovery 🔗 datalab.noirlab.edu/
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🌌 Looking back 12 billion years! Data from NSF's @NOIRLabAstro Víctor Blanco telescope has revealed COSMOS-z3.1-A, a rare proto-supercluster containing 10 developing galaxy groups. 🔗 universetoday.com/articles/a…
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NSF @NOIRLabAstro The Sun: Our Living Star is now available as an automated Science On a Sphere show. See details here: noirlab.edu/public/announcem…
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NSF's @NOIRLabAstro @usngo will be hosting a online dragons data reduction session on Oct. 6 (10AM MST) and 7 (6PM MST). Sign up here- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Replying to @GeminiObs
@GeminiObs FT review process has new guidelines on the use of AI, to ensure the confidentiality of each proposal. Please review them here- gemini.edu/observing/phase-i…
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The deadline for submission of @NOIRLabAstro proposals is later today, at 11:59PM MST. Good luck!
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