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Keck Observatory Redirects Photons to Save
By Andrew Cooper If you have been through Waimea lately, you’ve probably noticed a great deal of work taking place on the roofs of the W. M. Keck Observatory headquarters […]
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All About ISON
By Andrew Cooper Professional and amateur astronomers alike are getting ready for comet C/2012 S1 ISON, possibly the highlight of a year that has already seen several good comets. Comet […]
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One in Five Stars Has Earth-sized Planet in Habitable Zone
Waimea, Hawaii – Scientists from University of California, Berkeley, and University of Hawaii, Manoa, have statistically determined that twenty percent of Sun-like stars in our galaxy have Earth-sized planets that could […]
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First Earth-Sized, Rocky Exoplanet Found
Kamuela, Hawaii – A team of astronomers has found the first Earth-sized planet outside the solar system that has a rocky composition like that of Earth. This exoplanet, known as […]
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Astronomers Discover Most Distant Known Galaxy
Kamuela, Hawaii — University of Texas at Austin astronomer Steven Finkelstein has led a team that has discovered and measured the distance to the most distant galaxy ever found, using the […]
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Caltech Scientists Detects First Progenitor of Type 1b Supernova
Kamuela, Hawaii — Powerful new survey telescopes led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are being combined with the W. M. Keck Observatory to provide insight into rare, exotic cosmic explosions. Caltech’s intermediate Palomar […]
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Dr. George H. Herbig (1920-2013)
Dr. George H. Herbig, astronomer emeritus at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, has died at the age of 93. […]
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Watery Asteroid Discovered in Dying Star Points to Habitable Exoplanets
Kamuela, HI — Astronomers have found the shattered remains of an asteroid that contained huge amounts of water orbiting an exhausted star, or white dwarf. This suggests that the star GD […]
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Telescopes Large and Small Team Up to Study Triple Asteroid
Kamuela, HI — Combining observations from the world’s largest telescopes with small telescopes used by amateur astronomers, a team of scientists discovered that the large main-belt asteroid (87) Sylvia has a complex interior, thanks […]
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Astronomers Observe Distant Galaxy Powered by Primordial Cosmic Fuel
Kamuela, HI — Astronomers have detected cold streams of primordial hydrogen, vestigial matter left over from the Big Bang, fueling a distant star-forming galaxy in the early Universe. Profuse flows […]