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Evidence For Densest Galaxy In Nearby Universe
Kamuela, Hawaii — The densest galaxy in the nearby Universe may have been found. Packed with an extraordinary number of stars, this unusual galaxy is providing astronomers with clues to […]
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Working Retreat Rewards All
What did a Waimea Middle School chicken say to the Black Hole? The black hole will never know – sound can’t travel in space. But last week, the two […]
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New Class of Star Cluster Discovered
Kamuela, Hawaii – Star clusters with properties not seen before have been discovered by an international team of astrophysicists, led by Swinburne University of Technology’s Professor Duncan Forbes. Using data […]
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Keck Observatory’s Adaptive Optics featured on NPR
Jun. 24, 2013 by Joe Palca — For Sharpest Views, Scope The Sky With Quick-Change Mirrors “It used to be that if astronomers wanted to get rid of the blurring effects […]
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Scientists Discover System with Three Planets in Habitable Zone
Kamuela, HI — A team of scientists recently confirmed six, and possibly seven, planets orbiting a star system a mere 22 light-years from Earth. More importantly, three of those planets […]
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UCI Scientists Size Up Universe’s Most Lightweight Dwarf Galaxy with Keck Observatory
Kamuela, Hawaii — The least massive galaxy in the known universe has been measured by UC Irvine scientists, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of […]
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International Team on Keck Observatory Strengthens Big Bang Theory
Kamuela, Hawaii – An international team of scientists using the most powerful telescope on Earth has discovered the moments just after the Big Bang happened more like the theory predicts, […]
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Mega-galaxy is Missing Link in History of Cosmos
Kamuela, Hawaii – Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, according to […]
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Astronomers Using Keck Observatory Discover Rain Falling from Saturn’s rings
Kamuela, HI — NASA funded observations on the W. M. Keck Observatory with analysis led by the University of Leicester, England tracked the “rain” of charged water particles into the […]
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NASA and Caltech Astronomers Find Potential Energy Supply For Life on Europa
KAMUELA, HI – Observations of Europa from the W. M. Keck Observatory help NASA and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomers go one step further in demonstrating life may be […]