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Even as dawn rose over Maunakea, deeper images revealed the comet’s glowing tail, proof that science never sleeps on the mountain 🌄☄️
Even as dawn rose over Maunakea, deeper images revealed the comet’s glowing tail, proof that science never sleeps on the mountain 🌄☄️
December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#InCaseYouMissedIt
Even as dawn rose over Maunakea, deeper images revealed the comet’s glowing tail, proof that science never sleeps on the mountain 🌄☄️
Even as dawn rose over Maunakea, deeper images revealed the comet’s glowing tail, proof that science never sleeps on the mountain 🌄☄️
☄️The story of our solar system is hidden in a comet’s infrared fingerprints 🌌 Watch how NASA’s IRTF turns that light into clues about where we came from and how we protect Earth!
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
☄️The story of our solar system is hidden in a comet’s infrared fingerprints 🌌 Watch how NASA’s IRTF turns that light into clues about where we came from and how we protect Earth!
🪐 The team will capture some of the first post-perihelion observations since the comet reemerged from behind the Sun, building on earlier data from Gemini South. Their goal: detect chemical signatures that reveal the comet’s composition and evolution!
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🪐 The team will capture some of the first post-perihelion observations since the comet reemerged from behind the Sun, building on earlier data from Gemini South. Their goal: detect chemical signatures that reveal the comet’s composition and evolution!
🔭 Watch live telescope observations from Maunakea
💫 Learn how infrared light exposes what comets are made of
🛰️ Discover how NASA tracks and protects Earth from near-Earth objects
💫 Learn how infrared light exposes what comets are made of
🛰️ Discover how NASA tracks and protects Earth from near-Earth objects
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🔭 Watch live telescope observations from Maunakea
💫 Learn how infrared light exposes what comets are made of
🛰️ Discover how NASA tracks and protects Earth from near-Earth objects
💫 Learn how infrared light exposes what comets are made of
🛰️ Discover how NASA tracks and protects Earth from near-Earth objects
✨ Highlights You’ll Love:
🔭 Raw image of 3I/ATLAS and its shimmering tail.
💡 How spectra reveal a comet’s “chemical fingerprint.”
🎉 Live discovery of CN gas escaping the comet.
🌠 Insights into past visitors, such as 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
🔭 Raw image of 3I/ATLAS and its shimmering tail.
💡 How spectra reveal a comet’s “chemical fingerprint.”
🎉 Live discovery of CN gas escaping the comet.
🌠 Insights into past visitors, such as 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
September 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
✨ Highlights You’ll Love:
🔭 Raw image of 3I/ATLAS and its shimmering tail.
💡 How spectra reveal a comet’s “chemical fingerprint.”
🎉 Live discovery of CN gas escaping the comet.
🌠 Insights into past visitors, such as 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
🔭 Raw image of 3I/ATLAS and its shimmering tail.
💡 How spectra reveal a comet’s “chemical fingerprint.”
🎉 Live discovery of CN gas escaping the comet.
🌠 Insights into past visitors, such as 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
📰 This amazing night was even featured in Space.com… check out their article for a more in-depth look at what we saw!www.space.com/astronomy/co...aw
September 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
📰 This amazing night was even featured in Space.com… check out their article for a more in-depth look at what we saw!www.space.com/astronomy/co...aw
Highlights:
🚦A rapid ToO can bump the plan, see how the team pivots
🎛️MAROON-X GUI: tip-tilt centering into the science fiber, w/ a 30-min exposure
🧪IGRINS-2 catching an exoplanet transit; GMOS+ALTAIR in the toolkit
📝Phase II & OT walkthroughs, notes that boost schedulability, and eavesdrop option
🚦A rapid ToO can bump the plan, see how the team pivots
🎛️MAROON-X GUI: tip-tilt centering into the science fiber, w/ a 30-min exposure
🧪IGRINS-2 catching an exoplanet transit; GMOS+ALTAIR in the toolkit
📝Phase II & OT walkthroughs, notes that boost schedulability, and eavesdrop option
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Highlights:
🚦A rapid ToO can bump the plan, see how the team pivots
🎛️MAROON-X GUI: tip-tilt centering into the science fiber, w/ a 30-min exposure
🧪IGRINS-2 catching an exoplanet transit; GMOS+ALTAIR in the toolkit
📝Phase II & OT walkthroughs, notes that boost schedulability, and eavesdrop option
🚦A rapid ToO can bump the plan, see how the team pivots
🎛️MAROON-X GUI: tip-tilt centering into the science fiber, w/ a 30-min exposure
🧪IGRINS-2 catching an exoplanet transit; GMOS+ALTAIR in the toolkit
📝Phase II & OT walkthroughs, notes that boost schedulability, and eavesdrop option