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‘Eye of Sauron’ Provides New Way of Measuring Distances to Galaxies
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — A team of scientists, led by Dr. Sebastian Hoenig from the University of Southampton, has accurately measured the distance to the nearby NGC4151 galaxy, using the W. […]
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Evicted? Possible Black Hole Found 2,600 Light Years from Home
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — An international team of researchers analyzing decades of observations from many facilities — including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, the Pan-STARRS1 telescope on […]
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Astronomers Thrilled by Extreme Storms on Uranus
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — The normally bland face of Uranus has become increasingly stormy, with enormous cloud systems so bright that for the first time ever, amateur astronomers are able to […]
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Mysterious G2 Cloud Near Black Hole Identified
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii – The mystery about a thin, bizarre object in the center of the Milky Way headed toward our galaxy’s enormous black hole has been solved by UCLA astronomers […]
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Walk Our Solar System
By Logan Kugler WAIMEA, HI — How would you like to take a stroll to Venus? Has your family always wanted to visit Saturn? You’ll get your chance on Saturday, November 8th […]
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Scientists Build First Map of Hidden Universe
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii – A team led by astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has created the first three-dimensional map of the ‘adolescent’ Universe, just 3 billion years after […]
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Hilton Lewis Appointed Director of W. M. Keck Observatory
KAMUELA, Hawaii – The board of the W. M. Keck Observatory is pleased to announce that Hilton Lewis has been appointed Director of Keck Observatory, effective immediately. He has served […]
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Earth and The Milky Way Just Got a Few Trillion New Neighbors
By Logan Kugler Do you know where you live? You probably know your street address and the name of your town, state, and country. But what about your cosmic address […]
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Keck Observatory Gives Astronomers First Glimpse of Monster Galaxy Formation
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII — After years of searching, Yale University astronomers have discovered a window into the early, violent formation of the nuclei of the Universe’s monster galaxies. After spotting […]
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Keck Observatory Helps Offer Best View Yet of Merging Galaxies in Distant Universe
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII — An international team of astronomers has obtained the best view yet of a collision that took place between two galaxies when the universe was only half its […]