Category: News
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Galaxies In The Infant Universe Were Surprisingly Mature
Maunakea, Hawaii – In the first and largest multi-wavelength survey of distant galaxies in the early universe ever conducted, an international team of astronomers has discovered that massive galaxies were […]
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Active volcanoes feed Io’s sulfurous atmosphere
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have made a breakthrough in understanding how volcanic activity directly affects the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. In a remarkable first, new radio images from the […]
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Anemic Star Cluster Breaks Metal-poor Record
Maunakea, Hawaii – In a surprising discovery, astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories – W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) – have found a globular star cluster in the […]
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Director’s Message: How Andrea Ghez Won the Nobel for an Experiment Nobody Thought Would Work
She insisted on doing it anyway—and ultimately provided conclusive evidence for a supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way Standing in my office 25 years ago was […]
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Andrea Ghez Wins Nobel Prize In Physics
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Andrea Ghez Wins Nobel Prize in Physics
UCLA Professor is Honored for Her Pioneering Research on the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Video: Dr. Ghez describes her discoveries Resources and links More: video, radio, and media Maunakea, […]
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W. M. Keck Observatory’s Adaptive Optics System Upgraded to ‘See’ in Infrared
Maunakea, Hawaii – W. M. Keck Observatory can now provide adaptive optics (AO) correction using light from cosmic objects at wavelengths invisible to the naked eye. Near-infrared AO wavefront sensing, […]
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Review Of NSF’S Top Transformative Astronomy Tech Highlights Maunakea Observatories
Maunakea, Hawaii – A new study is shining a national spotlight on astronomy in Hawaii, underscoring the world-class science enabled by Maunakea Observatories’ cutting-edge technology. The study evaluates the 30-year […]
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Unraveling a Spiral Stream of Dusty Embers from a Massive Binary Stellar Forge
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers using three Maunakea Observatories have discovered one of the most prolific dust-making Wolf-Rayet star systems known, remarkably producing an entire Earth mass of dust every year. […]
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Rare Encounters Between Cosmic Heavyweights
Maunakea Observatories Discover Three Pairs of Merging Supermassive Black Holes Maunakea, Hawaii – A cosmic dance between two merging galaxies, each one containing a supermassive black hole that’s rapidly feeding […]