On Saturday Feb. 8th grab your computer and join the virtual Shadow the Scientists program featuring scientists at the Gemini North Telescope. Experience live night time observing of objects in space and meet the staff and to ask questions! Register at

@GeminiObs Norte colaboró con @LOFAR para descubrir el Jet más grande jamás visto en el Universo temprano 🤯 ¡Este monstruoso Jet abarca más de 200 mil años luz, el doble del ancho de la Vía Láctea! 🔗: 📸: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick

Gemini North teamed up with @LOFAR to reveal the largest radio jet ever seen in the early Universe🤯 This monster jet spans over 200,000 light years, twice the width of the Milky Way Galaxy! Read more at 📸: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick

This Thursday Feb. 6th join us at the Hilo Town Tavern for Astronomy on Tap! This event will feature presentations from Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, Raja Guhathakurta, & Jocelyn Ferrara with topics ranging from Tohono O’odham Storytelling, Dark Matter, to an Observatory Dating Game.

Bryce Bolin of Eureka Scientific used Gemini North to analyze the rock discovered near Earth last August. His team was the first to publish a study concluding that the rock was likely a chunk of our Moon. (2/2) Check out the academic paper here:

It’s the first day of Journey Through the Universe Week in Hilo, Hawaiʻi! All week long our volunteer Journey Educators will be visiting students in Hilo-Waiākea classrooms with engaging hands-on presentations and career panels!

✨ Star trails swirl above @Geminiobs North on Maunakea! 🌌 This image captures Earth’s rotation through long-exposure photography. At the center? Polaris, the steady North Star, guiding stargazers and astronomical observations.

Journey Through The Universe, a flagship program of the International Gemini Observatory, celebrates 21 years of bringing the universe to students on Hawai’i Island in early February of 2025.

🚨 Breaking news! Using @GeminiObs, astronomers have for the first time traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead elliptical galaxy — a surprising find as FRBs were thought to belong to younger galaxies. 🔗

#AAS245 Attendees: Join us today at 9:30am for A conversation about the Gemini Observatory Strategic Plan for the 2030s in room Chesapeake 7-8. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Did you know @NOIRLabAstro has a specific X/Twitter channel for scientists? Follow us at @NOIRLabScience to get info for scientists like calls for proposals and other notices! #AAS245

@chayito09 Gajes del oficio 🤗🤩

Make sure to visit our @NOIRLabAstro booth at #AAS245 and talk to us!

Kicking off 2025 with a stunning sunset over @Geminiobs North in Hawai‘i! 🌅 Anticrepuscular rays (right side) are rare and require the perfect conditions to appear — making this glimpse so special! 🔗 📷@GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Chu

Call for Proposals! @GeminiObs is accepting Fast Turnaround proposals for both Gemini North and South. Deadline: 31 December 2024 at 12:00pm Hawai‘i Standard Time. Proposals from Brazil, Korea, and Canada partnership members are encouraged! Read 🔗

The Gemini North’s Adaptive Optics Bench Passed the Preliminary Design Review! The new state-of-the-art Adaptive Optics system will replace ALTAIR. GNAO will make Gemini North the premier site for high-res astronomy for the @Geminiobs partnership. 🔗

Is that the Milky Way? No,it’s NGC 7331🤭! This spiral galaxy is located ~40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It is often thought of as a twin to the Milky Way owing to its similar size & spiral structure 📷@GeminiObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Gemini North Returns From Shutdown! 🔭⚒️ Gemini North entered its 2024 maintenance shutdown on Monday 14 October. The shutdown was both successful and completed on schedule. Read all the details here:

Excited for AAS 245? Join us on 16 January for a lively chat with experts about the future of @GeminiObs! Don’t miss us at the @NOIRLabastro booth too! #AAS245 ​​Read more 🔗