SCIENCE NEWS

Purple and yellow image shows flaring off the sun. Actual data is insert in black and white

Groundbreaking Achievement: NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Produces its First Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun’s Corona

Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes

Gemini North Captures Starburst Galaxy Blazing Bright With Newly Forming Stars

AURA NEWS

A group poses in front of of a starry sky with a visible comet

NSF Representatives and US Senate Staffers Visit AURA Facilities in Chile

Sharing “Deep Sky” in Hawai’i

AURA Distributes Initial Funding of US $900,000 to Contribute to the Development of Astronomy in Chile

AURA enables astronomical discovery and promotes broad engagement in exploring the Universe.

CENTERS

Montage of the telescopes of NOIRLab with data connecting them

NSF NOIRLab

The preeminent US national center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy.

NSF NSO

Advancing knowledge of the Sun, the dominant external influence on Earth and the local archetype of a typical star.

STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is a multi-mission operations center for NASA’s flagship observatories and a world-class astronomical research center.