http://keckobservatory.org/news en lohanlon@keck.hawaii.edu Copyright 2012 2012-05-11T21:47:01+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/venus_transit_live_keck_observatory http://keckobservatory.org/news/venus_transit_live_keck_observatory#When:00:46:05Z Bookmark this page for June 5, 2012, when we will be streaming live from the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. Please see below the webstream window for more information about where on 2012-05-04T00:46:05+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/video_how_stars_destroyed_all_atoms_in_universe http://keckobservatory.org/news/video_how_stars_destroyed_all_atoms_in_universe#When:21:47:01Z On Thursday, May 10, 2012, Keck Observatory hosted a live webcast of an astronomy talk by Dr. Brian Siana of the University of California at Riverside. Below is the recording of that talk, which was 2012-05-11T21:47:01+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/ridiculously_dim_cluster_found_beyond_milky_way http://keckobservatory.org/news/ridiculously_dim_cluster_found_beyond_milky_way#When:10:00:59Z Kamuela, HI – A team of American, Canadian and Chilean astronomers have stumbled onto a remarkably faint cluster of stars orbiting the Milky Way that puts out as much light as only 120 modest 2012-04-27T10:00:59+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/imaging_cosmic_web http://keckobservatory.org/news/imaging_cosmic_web#When:21:49:56Z Dr. Chris Martin of Caltech explains the ongoing mission to directly observe the vast filaments of gas that connect clusters of galaxies, feed galaxies and create a vast web of matter that connects 2012-04-20T21:49:56+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/video_the_magnificent_night_sky_how_to_protect_it http://keckobservatory.org/news/video_the_magnificent_night_sky_how_to_protect_it#When:18:14:39Z The advent and spread of electrical lighting has made it ever harder to find the dark skies valued by professional and amateur astronomers, not to mention lovers of starry skies in general. Dr. 2012-04-10T18:14:39+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/first_light_mosfire http://keckobservatory.org/news/first_light_mosfire#When:18:18:26Z Kamuela, HI – Engineers and astronomers are celebrating the much anticipated first light of the MOSFIRE instrument, now installed on the Keck I telescope at W. M. Keck Observatory. MOSFIRE 2012-04-06T18:18:26+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/recycling_galaxies_caught http://keckobservatory.org/news/recycling_galaxies_caught#When:19:06:17Z Kamuela, HI—When astronomers add up all the gas and dust contained in ordinary galaxies like our own Milky Way, they stumble on a puzzle: There is not nearly enough matter for stars to be born at the 2012-03-29T19:06:17+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/the_accelerating_universe_on_the_secrets_of_dark_energy http://keckobservatory.org/news/the_accelerating_universe_on_the_secrets_of_dark_energy#When:22:15:07Z Nobel Laureate astronomer Brian Schmidt presents the story of the discovery of dark energy to an audience of enthusiastic Keck Observatory donors at the Fairmont Orchid, Big Island of Hawai’i, on 2012-03-28T22:15:07+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/astronomers_discover_emerald_cut_galaxy http://keckobservatory.org/news/astronomers_discover_emerald_cut_galaxy#When:22:38:51Z Kamuela HI—An international team of astronomers has discovered and explained a rare square galaxy with a striking resemblance to an emerald cut diamond by using both Keck and Subaru telescopes. The 2012-03-23T22:38:51+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/news/hot_jupiters_to_habitable_planets http://keckobservatory.org/news/hot_jupiters_to_habitable_planets#When:19:36:46Z Dr. Debra Fischer of Yale University explains the lively science of planet hunting. This talk was delivered on Feb. 27, 2012, at The Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island of Hawai’i to an audience of 2012-03-01T19:36:46+00:00