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Keck Observatory Pictures show Fourth Planet in Giant Solar System
Kamuela, HI – Astronomers announced the discovery of a fourth giant planet joining three others orbiting a nearby star with information that challenges our current understanding of planet formation. The […]
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Observations of Jupiter Reveal Rare Signatures of Weather
Kamuela, HI, – One of Jupiter’s dark brown stripes that faded out last spring is regaining its color, providing an unprecedented opportunity for astronomers to observe a rare and mysterious […]
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Study says Solar Systems like ours may be Common
Kamuela, HI, – Nearly one in four stars like the Sun could have Earth-size planets, according to observations of nearby solar-mass stars made with the Keck telescopes in Hawai’i. UC […]
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Ground-Based Images of Asteroid Lutetia Complement Spacecraft Flyby
Kamuela, HI, – The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft recently beamed back to Earth a dramatic set of close-up images as it flew past the asteroid Lutetia, on its […]
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Keck Observatory discovers the first Goldilocks Exoplanet
Kamuela, HI, – A team of planet-hunting astronomers, utilizing the HIRES spectrometer on the W.M. Keck Observatory’s Keck I Telescope, has announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a […]
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Spectrum of young extrasolar planet yields surprising results
Kamuela, HI – Astronomers at the University of Hawaii have measured the temperature of a young gas-giant planet around another star using the W. M. Keck Observatory, and the results […]
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NSF Awards $1.72 Million to Improve the Keck I Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System
Kamuela, HI— The W. M. Keck Observatory has received a $1.72 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design the first near-infrared tip-tilt sensor used to correct for […]
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NSF Awards $1.72 Million to Improve Keck I Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
This image shows the Keck I laser, which is part of the telescope’s Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics system. The laser is launched from the center of the telescope behind […]
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Reverse Cosmic Lens Advances Quasar Studies
This image of the first-ever foreground quasar (blue) lensing a background galaxy (red) was taken with the Keck II telescope and its NIRC-2 instrument using laser guide star adaptive optics. […]
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Keck Observatory in the Community
Steve Doyle, an instrument and optics technician at the Observatory, checks out one of the underwater robots entered in the 2010 International R.O.V. competition. Credit: Baron Sekiya, Hawaii 24/7.com. David […]