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The Solar System in Context
20 May 2025
We are happy to announce the 2025 NOIRLab Science Conference: The Solar System in Context, taking place 29 September–2 October in Tucson, Arizona. This is the third in the regular series of NOIRLab-sponsored conferences; this year’s conference is focused…
Center for Decoding the Universe Annual Conference: Data-Driven Discovery in the Rubin Era
6 May 2025
You are invited to register for Data-Driven Discovery in the Rubin Era, a conference to be held June 5-6 at Stanford. This is the inaugural annual conference of the Center for Decoding the Universe, a joint initiative of Stanford Data Science and the Kavli…
Gemini Fast Turnaround: April 2025
16 April 2025
We are pleased to announce the monthly Call for Proposals for the Gemini Fast Turnaround (FT) Program. The upcoming deadline is 12:00 p.m. (noon) HST on 30 April 2025. We are accepting proposals for both Gemini North and South. Observations will be active…
Kama'āina Observatory Experience Returns
16 April 2025
The Kamaʻāina Observatory Experience (KOE) is a long-standing initiative by the Maunakea Observatories (MKO), designed specifically for residents of Hawaiʻi. Kamʻāina translates to “children of the land” in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (the Native Hawaiian language)…
NSF NOIRLab (formally named the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory) is the national center for nighttime astronomy. For the first time, all of the nighttime optical/infrared observatories funded by NSF are unified into a single organization. The integration of the Mid-scale Observatories (MSO - Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, CTIO, Kitt Peak National Observatory, KPNO) the Community Science & Data Center (CSDC), the Gemini Observatory, and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory creates a powerful capability for discovery, technology development, STEM workforce growth, and education. NOIRLab empowers astronomers to tackle the most pressing questions in astrophysics today and opens up new discovery space for the future.