Australian Membership of the International Gemini Partnership

没有一门科学比天文学更能引起公众的注意。澳大利亚是国际双子座联盟的成员，该联盟负责运营双子座望远镜，因此澳大利亚的天文学家可以使用两个最好的大型地面望远镜。位于夏威夷和智利的望远镜使澳大利亚天文学家能够研究诸如宇宙如何演化、暗物质和暗能量的性质、星系如何形成以及恒星及其行星如何形成等重大问题。长期以来，澳大利亚在天文学上一直以“超常发挥”而闻名，双子星座的成员资格是确保保持这一领域卓越地位的重要一步。

No science better captures public attention than astronomy. Through its membership of the international Gemini consortium that operates the Gemini telescopes, Australia has assured its astronomers of access to two of the finest large ground-based telescopes. Located in Hawaii and Chile, the telescopes enable Australian astronomers to pursue major questions such as how the universe evolved, the nature of dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies formed, and how stars and their planets formed. Australia has long been known for 'punching above its weight' in astronomy, and membership of Gemini is a vital step in assuring that this prominence in the field is maintained.