Category: Cosmic Matters

WAIMEA HEADQUARTERS: 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela HI 96743 You’re invited! Come join us as we open the doors of our Waimea Headquarters to the community for a fun, family-friendly event […]

FAMILIES STEP INTO “PORTAL TO THE UNIVERSE” Community Invited to Experience the Cosmos at W. M. Keck Observatory Open House Waimea, Hawaii Island – This is a special event that […]

W. M. Keck Observatory Congratulates Chief Scientist Anne Kinney on New Appointment with National Science Foundation Kinney to Head NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii – W. […]

Maunakea, Hawaii – When NASA’s Cassini spacecraft plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15, ending its 20 years of exploration, astronomers will observe the giant planet from Earth, […]

Extremely large, bright storm system caught on camera at W. M. Keck Observatory Maunakea, Hawaii – Striking images of a storm system nearly the size of Earth have astronomers doing a […]

Remembering a legend, pioneer, and father of the W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes “You can’t. It’s never been done. It’s impossible,” they said. But Jerry Nelson believed he could. He […]

W. M. Keck Observatory Data Leads To First Of Its Kind Test of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity A UCLA-led team has discovered a new way of probing the hypothetical fifth […]

W. M. Keck Observatory Congratulates Caltech’s Kate Van Nuys Page Professor of Astronomy for Prestigious Appointment Maunakea, Hawaii – It’s one of the highest honors that only the most distinguished […]

BY FARISA Y. MORALES for Zocalo Public Square In my line of work, I stare at shades of black. My work starts on dark, black nights, when there is no moon […]

by Adam Hadhazy PASADENA, Calif. — Promising new calibration tools, called laser frequency combs, could allow astronomers to take a major step in discovering and characterizing earthlike planets around other stars. […]