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Astronomers Detect Water in Atmosphere of Distant Planet
KAMUELA, HI – A team of international scientists using the W. M. Keck Observatory has made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-size planet beyond our […]
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Astronomers Open Window Into Europa’s Ocean
KAMUELA, Hawaii—With data collected from the mighty W. M. Keck Observatory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomer Mike Brown — known as the Pluto killer for discovering a Kuiper-belt object […]
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Keck Observatory Completes $4 Million Adaptive Optics Fund
Kamuela, Hawaii – The W. M. Keck Observatory has successfully completed a $4 million campaign that will give astronomers the most detailed Adaptive Optics images of the cosmos ever created […]
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Behind the Lens: An Interview with Dr. Mike Liu
In anticipation of Keck Week’s Science Meeting, we spent some time with one of the presenters, Dr. Michael Liu to find out what it was like to be an astronomer. […]
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Surprise: Earth-sized Planets Are Common
Kamuela, Hawaii – A team of astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Hawaii at Manoa has found that 17 percent of all sun-like stars have […]
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Polynesian Paradox
Tropical trade winds kissing swaying palms, fruity mai tais adorned with orchids, and azure waves rhythmically lapping against powder white sand beaches…These are all images that come to mind when […]
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Surprise Pancake Structure in Andromeda Galaxy Upends Galactic Understanding
Kamuela, Hawaii – Astronomers using the Canada-France-Hawaii and W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii have been amazed to find a group of dwarf galaxies […]
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FOUND: One Planet Orbiting Sun-like Star. Only Twelve Light Years Away. May Be Habitable.
An international team of astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory and other telescopes, has discovered that Tau Ceti, one of the closest and most Sun-like stars, may host five […]
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Astronomers Go Infrared to Map Brightest Galaxies in Universe
Kamuela, Hawaii – A group of astronomers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the U.S. Mainland, Canada, and Europe recently used the twin telescopes of the W. M. Keck […]
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Keck Week 2013 Commemorates W.M. Keck Observatory’s 20th Anniversary
Kamuela, Hawaii– This Spring, the W. M. Keck Observatory is throwing a weeklong party called Keck Week 2013, to celebrate the observatory’s first twenty years of high-impact, game-changing astronomical discoveries […]