Measuring polarization of coronal light during a total solar eclipse

Vera C. Rubin Observatory at sunset

Rendering of hydrogen gas in galaxy J0613+52

LIGO's vacuum chamber when quantum-squeezing technology is operational and pumped with green laser l

Stages of an annular solar eclipse

Astronomers find a new luminous fast blue optical transient cosmic explosion

Eclipses and Solar Observation

Collage of NOIRLab’s current and future observatories and data-driven exploration tools

Very Large Array during the 'blue hour'

Milky Way Neutrinos

Graphic depicting shapes in the night sky

Light bridge crossing sunspot’s umbra

Radio waves being generated by interactions between star and its exoplanet

Simulating Solar Flares

Original image of M87* supermassive black hole and new enhanced version

Reconstructed Black Hole Image

Dark Energy Camera captures young stars inside NGC 6357

Infographic illustrating effects of light pollution on star visibility

Mapping The North Pole

Star Collapses into NEW Black Hole | BioFuel | Growing Robots

Cosmic ray-driven winds superimposed on visible light image of Triangulum galaxy M33

3D Printing on Mars

3D Printing on Mars

Light Responsive Surfactants

Faraday Instability

Pickering's Triangle image taken with the Mayall 4-meter Telescope

ISS Projects Overview

Telescope operator inspects filter at Kitt Peak

Testing laser on Gemini North Telescope

Astronauts, Satellites, Airplanes and Solar Flares

Black hole hidden in star cluster in Andromeda galaxy

NSF History Wall mural

Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak

Composite of Centaurus A revealing lobes and jets from galaxy's black hole

Shedding New Light on Dark Matter

Polar cyclones on Jupiter

Artist's impression of a stellar embrace

Jupiter's churning atmosphere

Neutron Star May Be Devouring Companion

Artist’s rendition with supermassive black hole M87*

Artist’s rendition with first published black hole simulation

Size comparison of M87* to Sgr A*

Distance of supermassive black hole Sgr A* to M87*

Brains in Space

Brains in Space

Long-exposure night sky image over Kitt Peak

Supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy

Image of millimeter-wavelength emissions from surface of asteroid

Stellar collision triggers supernova explosion

Earth Trojan Asteroids!

Highest resolution image of the sun's surface ever taken

Earth Trojan Asteroids!

Black hole merging with a neutron star

Gravitational waves generated by generic neutron star black hole binary

Neutron star black hole binary merger

Black hole neutron star merger with tidal disruption

Stars are seen in close orbit around supermassive black hole at center of Milky Way

Location of the C-19 stellar stream

Artist's impression of a free-floating planet

Artist's rendition of Mars with Earth-like surface water