Author: superadmin
-
Keeping Keck Telescopes Shiny
By Andrew Cooper A telescope is all about the primary mirror. Be it a lens or a curved mirror, the size of the primary matters. The larger the primary the […]
-
Keck Telescope Snaps Images of Asteroid’s Exit
Kamuela HI – One of the world’s largest optical/infrared telescopes has captured near-infrared light images of asteroid YU55 as it was departing its close flyby of Earth the night of […]
-
Youngest Planet Seen As It’s Forming
Kamuela, HI – The first direct image of a planet in the process of forming around its star has been captured by astronomers who combined the power of the 10-meter […]
-
Oxygen: Breathing the Universe
Here is the video recording of the Oct. 13, 2011, Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk by Dr. Lisa Kewley, of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy. The venue is the […]
-
Astronomical Myths & Facts
This our first in what we hope becomes a series of Observatory Intelligence Quotient (O.I.Q.) quizzes. Ready, set, go! 1) TRUE or FALSE? Keck astronomers are easily identified in the […]
-
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for Accelerating Expansion of the Universe
The expansion of the universe is accelerating, and this is likely driven by dark energy, a mysterious repulsive force. Three astronomers won the Nobel prize on Tuesday for their research […]
-
Universe’s “Standard Candles” Are White Dwarf Mergers
Berkeley — A new survey of distant Type Ia supernovae suggests that many if not most of these supernovae – key to astronomers’ conclusion that dark energy is accelerating the […]
-
How I Killed Pluto & Why It Had It Coming: The Video
This is a video recording of the Sept. 15, 2011, lecture by Caltech astronomer Mike Brown. This public lecture was held at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea, on the Big Island […]
-
Citizen Scientists, Kepler and Keck Uncover New Planets
Astronomers at Yale University have announced the discovery of the first two potential exoplanets found by the online citizen scientist Planet Hunters program. Users of the Planet Hunters program analyze […]
-
Uncovering the Secrets of the Great Supernova
Kamuela, HI – A once-in-a-lifetime nearby stellar explosion now unfolding in a neighboring galaxy has astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory scrambling to ask questions that can’t be answered […]