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8 matches found for search term NOIRLab, exact phrase.
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Ultra-Cool Dwarf Binary
Illustration of an ultra-cool dwarf star with a companion white dwarf. Ace citizen
scientist Frank Kiwy used the Astro Data Lab science platform at the National Science
Foundation's NOIRLab to discover 34 new ultra-cool
dwarf binary systems in the Su...
Keywords:
Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, binary star, Blender 3D, brown dwarf, NOIRLab, pr...
GRB from NS Collision - V2
From a NOIRLab press releases, for which this image
was commissioned: 'Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the
Gemini South telescope, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab,
may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Un...
Keywords:
... B, jet, molecular clouds, neutron star, NOIRLab,
nucleus, outflow, particle, pow ...
Red Giant Destroying Planet - V2
Astronomers at NOIRLab (Tucson, Arizona, USA) have
detected what they believe is the first sighting of the destruction of a gas giant
planet caused by the expansion of its ageing red giant star. All sun-like stars
expand as their nuclear fuel runs ou...
Keywords:
Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, destruction, engulfed, gas giant, NOIRLab, planet...
Quasar Merger
From a NOIRLab press release, for which this image
was commissioned. The scene depicts quasars that are poised to merge, after their
respective host galaxies have collided. ...
Keywords:
... llision, disc, galaxy, gamma rays, jet, NOIRLab,
nucleus, outflow, particle, pow ...
Fast Blue Optical Transient - V1
... ound in intergalactic space, not within a galaxy. Two nearby galaxies are shown.
The image was commissioned by scientists at NOIRLab
in Tucson. ...
Keywords:
... agalactic, fast blue optical transient, NOIRLab,
press release, supernova ...
Fast Blue Optical Transient - V2
... ound in intergalactic space, not within a galaxy. Two nearby galaxies are shown.
The image was commissioned by scientists at NOIRLab
in Tucson. ...
Keywords:
... agalactic, fast blue optical transient, NOIRLab,
press release, supernova ...
Nova Eruption
Cataclysmic variable binary star. Computer illustration of a cataclysmic variable
binary star system. A red dwarf (left) is seen in mutual orbit with a white dwarf
(right). An accretion disc of material pulled from the red dwarf can be seen around
th...
Keywords:
... smic variable, CV, disc, mass transfer, NOIRLab,
Press release, stars ...
Monster Radio Jet
Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet.
Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe.
With these observations, astronomers have valuable new insights into when the first
jets form...
Keywords:
... ission, gas, gas jet, jet, jets, lobes, NOIRLab,
press release, radio galaxy, ra ...