Category: Cosmic Matters

Do Supermassive Black Holes Kill Star Formation? Keck Cosmic Web Imager To Probe for Key Evidence Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers are using a powerful new probe at W. M. Keck […]

WAIMEA (KAMUELA), HAWAII – Conducting professional, astronomical observations at a world-class telescope before entering college is almost unheard of. But that’s precisely what Honokaa High School graduate Keilani Steele did, […]

Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have discovered several bizarre objects at the Galactic Center that are concealing their true identity behind a smoke screen of dust; they look like gas clouds, […]

KAMUELA, HI – W. M. Keck Observatory officials yesterday notified the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) that they detected a small seepage of oil from the hydraulic system supporting the […]

WHERE IMAGINATION & SCIENCE MEET W. M. Keck Observatory is bringing alien worlds to life, embarking on a deep space virtual “journey” to exoplanets that have either been discovered or […]

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to the summit of Maunakea in early January 2018 and learned about the cultural, natural […]

WAIMEA (KAMUELA), Hawai`i – Dr. Kip Thorne, world-renowned theoretical astrophysicist, 2017 Nobel Physics Prize Laureate, and executive producer of the blockbuster film Interstellar brought his revolutionary work to Hawai`i for […]

Maunakea, Hawaii – One of the most scientifically productive adaptive optics (AO) systems on Earth is getting a major upgrade, one that will further advance high-impact research on the hunt […]

Completing the World’s Most Capable Spectroscopic Imager The design for the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) includes two separate channels to detect light in the blue (350 to 560 nm) […]

The Keck Visiting Scholars Program aims to inspire and develop the next generation of scientists and instrumentalists by providing hands-on experience in observational astronomy, hardware, and software involving active instrument […]