Category: News
W. M. Keck Observatory Appoints T. Ilihia Gionson as First Chief of Public Affairs
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The W. M. Keck Observatory is pleased to announce the appointment of T. Ilihia Gionson as its inaugural Chief Public Affairs Officer, effective February 3, 2024. In […]
RING IT ON: W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY DATA HITS A GALACTIC BULLSEYE
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine […]
First Fast Radio Burst Traced to Old, Dead, Elliptical Galaxy
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi — For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy — an unprecedented home for a phenomenon […]
Dandelion Supernova Revealed in 3-D
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For nearly six months during the year 1181, people looked up to the skies to find a new star glittering in the constellation Cassiopeia. Chinese and Japanese […]
Waimea Solar System Walk
Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of […]
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That’s equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way […]
Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way
Maunakea and Haleakalā, Hawaiʻi – It may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are moving, but the Sun is actually orbiting around the Milky […]
Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own Sun is a loner, many stars like our Sun orbit similar stars, while a host of […]
Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters’ vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal […]