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Astronomers Uncover the Brightest Lensed Quasar in the Early Universe
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have discovered the brightest gravitationally lensed object ever seen at a time when the universe was less than one billion years old. With the help of […]
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Nature’s Magnifying Glass Reveals Unexpected Intermediate Mass Exoplanets
Microlensing Reveals Sub-Saturn Giant Planets are Common, Not Rare Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have found a new exoplanet that could alter the standing theory of planet formation. With a mass […]
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Comet Hunters Successfully Observe Wirtanen with Newly Modernized Instrument at W. M. Keck Observatory
NIRSPEC Upgrade Delivers Sharper Views of Comet Wirtanen Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers are being treated to an exciting view of Comet 46P/Wirtanen at W. M. Keck Observatory, with sharper-than-ever data […]
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Fossil from the Big Bang Discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory
Rare Relic is One of Only Three Fossil Clouds Known in the Universe Maunakea, Hawaii – A relic cloud of gas, orphaned after the Big Bang, has been discovered in […]
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Young Star Caught in a Fit of Growth
New Visible and Infrared Observations of Young Star Reveal Clues About How It Bulks Up Maunakea, Hawaii – Researchers have discovered a young star in the midst of a rare […]
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Hawaii High School Student Scores Highly-Coveted Telescope Time to Study ‘Tatooine’ at Keck Observatory
Maunakea, Hawaii – The Star Wars universe turned from science fiction to science fact for an Oahu student, who recently observed a real-life ‘Tatooine’ using one of the largest, most […]
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Exoplanet Stepping Stones
Researchers are Perfecting Technology to One Day Look for Signs of Alien Life Summary: New observations of a young gas giant demonstrate the power of a ground-based method for searching […]
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Astronomers Find Possible Elusive Star Behind Supernova
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers may have finally uncovered the long-sought progenitor to a specific type of exploding star by sifting through NASA Hubble Space Telescope archival data and conducting follow-up […]
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Super-Earth Discovered Orbiting the Sun’s Famous Stellar Neighbor
PLANET ORBITS BARNARD’S STAR, THE CLOSEST SINGLE STAR TO THE SUN Maunakea, Hawaii – At only six light-years away, Barnard’s star has fascinated exoplanet hunters since the 1960’s, largely due […]
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Yale University Astronomer Pieter van Dokkum Shares Ghost Stories of Eerie New Type of Galaxy
WAIMEA (KAMUELA), HAWAII – Mysteries surrounding ghostly galaxies manifested before a theater full of curious minds on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at a W. M. Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk, featuring […]