Kitt Peak National Observatory has various programs available to visitors including daytime telescope tours & night time observing programs.
Jul 13th: Visiting Kitt Peak National Observatory
Rob Sparks Archive
Jun 8th: The First Year DESI Results
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is currently measuring the redshifts to tens of millions of galaxies to help unravel the mystery of dark energy and today’s podcast talk about its first result.
May 11th: The Origins Of Castaway Gamma Ray-Bursts
Short gamma ray bursts are caused by the merger of two neutron stars. However, not all short gamma-ray bursts are associated with galaxies. In this podcast, Brendan O’connor, described recent research into the host galaxies of short gamma-ray bursts.
Apr 13th: The Heaviest Black Hole Pair Every Found
Using archival data from the Gemini North telescope, a team of astronomers have measured the heaviest pair of supermassive black holes ever found.
Mar 9th: IGRINS-2
Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is now peering deeper into the dusty dwellings of young stars with its new IGRINS-2 instrument
Feb 10th: 20 Years Of Journey Through The Universe
Today podcast: the Journey Through the Universe staff looks back at the origins of the program, the challenges it has faced, and what their hopes for the next 20 years
Jan 13th: Big Astronomy
Join us today and listen to @halfastro @NOIRLabAstro discussion with Tim Spuck about creating bilingual planetarium show Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries, and where people can see it today.
Dec 9th: The Origins Of Ultra Compact Dwarf Galaxies
have captured the eroding remains of more than 100 dwarf galaxies as they transition into ultra-compact dwarf galaxies. Today podcast will discuss about the formation of ultra compact dwarf galaxies.
Nov 11th: The Siena Galaxy Atlas
Astronomers have long sought to map the night skies that can help scientists spot broad patterns across a population of objects, put new discoveries such as transient events in the context of their surroundings, and identify the best candidates for focused observations. And here’s The Siena Galaxy Atlas Project.
Oct 14th: The Cosmic Finch
Today’s NOIRLab Astro discuss about a new supernova event from Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients class that more powerful than the average supernova.