April 26, 2014
Another week and yet another article based on GPI data has been accepted for publication. A team led by a European astronomer has analyzed observations of […]
April 4, 2014
Following our very successful first light observing runs in late 2013, the first publication based on Gemini Planet Imager observations is now complete! It has been […]
February 13, 2014
Astronomers and engineers recently completed building the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) to study distant solar systems. GPI will obtain high-resolution images of extrasolar planets by blocking […]
February 8, 2014
Adapted from Boston Micromachines Corporation press release CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwired – Feb 3, 2014) – Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC), a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products, adaptive […]
January 6, 2014
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) team held our latest science meeting November 1-2, 2013, right before GPI saw first starlight. The meeting was hosted by the […]
December 28, 2013
In 2003, I was lucky enough to be part of a small group of astronomers that met at the University of California at Berkeley to brainstorm […]
November 15, 2013
Adapted from Gemini Observatory e-Newscast #53 Gemini’s powerful new instrument for studying planets beyond the Solar System, the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), has successfully received its […]
November 8, 2013
For the last, oh, ten years or so I’ve been working on building a camera to take pictures of planets around distant stars, been lucky enough […]
October 25, 2013
Yesterday was a major milestone for the Gemini Planet Imager Project! Gaston Gausachs, mechanical engineer at Gemini Observatory, sent us this great picture ofGPI, our exoplanet […]