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Distant Asteroid Revealed to be a Complex Mini Geological World
Mauna Kea, HI—After 8 years of observations scientists from the SETI Institute have found an exotic orbit for the largest Trojan asteroid, (624) Hektor—the only one known to possess a […]
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Water Vapor Detected in the Atmosphere of a Hot Jupiter
Mauna Kea, HI—California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomers using data gathered at the W. M. Keck Observatory have developed a new technique for planetary scientists that could provide insight into […]
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Dr. Arthur M. Wolfe (1939-2014)
Arthur M. Wolfe, an American astrophysicist who for a decade directed the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and achieved widespread recognition for […]
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Serendipitous Supernova
By Steve Jefferson Two weeks ago a group of astronomy students from the University of London Observatory were getting an introductory demonstration on how to use a telescope-mounted camera. With […]
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Rare Brown Dwarf Discovery Provides Benchmark for Future Exoplanet Research
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – A team of researchers led by Justin R. Crepp, the Freimann Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, has directly imaged a very rare type […]
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UCSC Scientists Capture First Cosmic Web Filaments at Keck Observatory
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments thought to connect […]
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Keck Observatory Director Taft Armandroff to Step Down
Kamuela, HI – The Board of Directors of the W. M. Keck Observatory announced today that Taft Armandroff, executive director of the world’s premier ground-based astronomical observatory, will step down […]
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First Detailed Look at a Normal Galaxy in the Very Early Universe
Mauna Kea, Hawaii – University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomer Regina Jorgenson has obtained the first image that shows the structure of a normal galaxy in the early universe as captured […]
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Hubble and Keck Unveil a Deep Sea of Small and Faint Early Galaxies
Mauna Kea, HI – A team of scientists led by astronomers at the University of California, Riverside has used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the W. M. Keck Observatory to uncover the […]
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Kepler Team Validates 41 New Exoplanets with Keck I
Mauna Kea, Hawaii – The Kepler team today reports on four years of observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory targeting Kepler’s exoplanet systems, announcing results this week at the American […]