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Robot Discovers Two New Neighbors
Maunakea, Hawaii – A team of astronomers using ground-based telescopes in Hawaii, California, and Arizona recently discovered a planetary system orbiting a nearby star that is only 54 light-years away. All […]
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Director Lewis Shares Vision for Keck Observatory
WAIMEA, HI – As those of you lucky enough to have joined us last Thursday underneath the Hawaiian stars and by the surf of Kauna’oa know, we wrapped up our 10 th […]
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Unusual Asteroid Suspected of Spinning to Explosion
Mauna Kea, Hawaii – A team led by astronomers from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, recently used the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to observe and measure a […]
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Mars Lost an Ocean’s Worth of Water
MAUNA KEA, HI – A primitive ocean on Mars once held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who measured signatures of water in the planet’s atmosphere using […]
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Thermonuclear Supernova Ejects Galaxy’s Fastest Star
MAUNA KEA, HI – Scientists using the W. M. Keck Observatory and Pan-STARRS1 telescopes on Hawaii have discovered a star that breaks the galactic speed record, traveling with a velocity of […]
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Supernova Split into Four Images by Cosmic Lens
MAUNA KEA, HI – Astronomers have for the first time spotted four images of a distant exploding star, arranged in a cross-shape pattern by a powerful gravitational lens. In addition to […]
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Three Almost Earth-Size Planets Found Orbiting Nearby Star
MAUNA KEA, HI – A team of scientists recently discovered a system of three planets, each just larger than Earth, orbiting a nearby star called EPIC 201367065. The three planets are […]
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Comprehensive Andromeda Study Hints of Violent History
MAUNA KEA, HI – A detailed study of the motions of different stellar populations in Andromeda galaxy by UC Santa Cruz scientists using W. M. Keck Observatory data has found […]
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Keck’s Cosmic Web Image Awarded Top Ten Breakthrough for 2014
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – UC Santa Cruz astronomers who used the W. M. Keck Observatory to capture the first image of a filament of the “cosmic web” have been recognized by the […]
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Scientists Accurately Quantify Dust Around Planets in Search for Life
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — A new study from the Keck Interferometer, a former NASA project that combined the power of the twin W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes atop Mauna Kea, […]