Category: News
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Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe
Maunakea, Hawai‘i – Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant quasar ever found using three Maunakea Observatories in Hawai‘i: W. M. Keck Observatory, the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s […]
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Gary A. Chanan Receives 2020 Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science
W. M. Keck Observatory congratulates Dr. Gary A. Chanan, a pioneer and innovator in the field of telescope optics who played an important role in the Observatory’s segmented mirror technology. […]
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Astronomers Find Cosmic Golden Needle Buried for Two Decades; Discovery Sheds New Light on Famous Einstein Ring
Maunakea, Hawaii – Determined to find a needle in a cosmic haystack, a pair of astronomers time traveled through archives of old data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea […]
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Zooming in on the Origins of Fast Radio Bursts
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have peered into the home galaxies of fast radio bursts, ruling out supermassive black holes as a cause and bringing us a step closer to understanding […]
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The ‘Cow’ Mystery Strikes Back: Two More Rare, Explosive Events Captured
Maunakea, Hawaii – The ‘Cow’ is not alone; with the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, astronomers have discovered two more like it – the ‘Koala’ […]
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Astronomers See ‘Cosmic Ring of Fire,’ 11 Billion Years Ago
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have captured an image of a super rare type of galaxy – described as a “cosmic ring of fire” – as it existed 11 billion years […]
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Astronomers Confirm Existence of Two Giant Newborn Planets in PDS 70 System
Maunakea, Hawaii – New evidence shows the first-ever pictures capturing the birth of a pair of planets orbiting the star PDS 70 are in fact authentic. Using a new infrared […]
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Hawaii Astronomers Help Decipher Rhythm Among Young Stars
Maunakea, Hawaii – By “listening” to the “beating hearts” of stars, an international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Hawai’i Institute for Astronomy (UH IfA), detected a […]
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Director’s Message: COVID-19
UPDATE: OCTOBER 19, 2020 Aloha Kākou, The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a major impact on us all, and the world of research astronomy is no exception. Despite the many […]
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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Dethrones Former King of Kepler-88 Planetary System
Maunakea, Hawaii – Our solar system has a king. The planet Jupiter, named for the most powerful god in the Greek pantheon, has bossed around the other planets through its […]