Category: News
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Hawaii Communities Catch Planet Mercury Journey Across the Sun
Hundreds of astronomy fans attend Maunakea Observatories Mercury Transit Viewing Parties to See Rare Event Hawaii Island – It’s an astronomical phenomenon that won’t be visible from Hawaii again for […]
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Astronomers Catch Wind Rushing Out of Galaxy
Researchers Directly Observe for the First Time a Huge Outflow of Gas Extending Far Beyond a Galaxy Maunakea, Hawaii – Exploring the influence of galactic winds from a distant galaxy […]
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A Crisis in Cosmology
Maunakea, Hawaii – A group of astronomers led by University of California, Davis has obtained new data that suggest the universe is expanding more rapidly than previously thought. The study […]
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Massive Filaments Fuel the Growth of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
Maunakea, Hawaii – An international group of scientists led by Hideki Umehata of the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, a branch of Japan’s largest scientific research organization, has made detailed […]
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Oldest Galaxy Protocluster Forms “Queen’s Court”
Maunakea, Hawaii – Using multiple Maunakea Observatories – the Subaru Telescope, W. M. Keck Observatory, and Gemini Observatory – an international team of astronomers has discovered the earliest protocluster ever […]
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Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Appears to be Getting Hungrier
UCLA astronomers notice brightest light in 24 years of observations Maunakea, Hawaii – The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal of […]
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Mid-Mass Black Hole Hurls Star Across the Milky Way
Maunakea, Hawaii – An international team of astronomers has pinpointed the origin of a runaway high-velocity star named PG 1610+062 and determined that it was likely ejected from its birth […]
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Newly Discovered Giant Planet Slingshots Around Its Star
Three times the mass of Jupiter, a first-of-its-kind planet swings around its star on bizarre path Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have discovered a planet three times the mass of Jupiter […]
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Existing Maunakea telescopes announce return to work
HILO, HI – After a four-week suspension of work at the summit of Maunakea, the existing telescopes will attempt a return to operations. “The Maunakea Observatories represent an invaluable sector […]
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Ghosts of Ancient Explosions Live on in Stars Today: Galactic archaeology reveals signatures of long-dead stars
The chemical composition of certain stars gives clues about their predecessors, stars that have long since exploded and faded. Maunakea, Hawaii – When small, dense stars called white dwarfs explode, […]