Category: News
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New Study Traces Io’s Volcanic Tides
Loki Patera, the major volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io, appears to wax and wane with an approximately 500-day oscillation in the moon’s orbit. Maunakea, Hawaii – Hundreds of volcanoes pockmark […]
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Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity is Questioned But Still Stands ‘For Now’
Detailed UCLA-led analysis of the star’s orbit near supermassive black hole gives a look into how gravity behaves Maunakea, Hawaii – More than 100 years after Albert Einstein published his […]
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Maunakea Observatories Suspend Summit Activities to Ensure Safety of All During TMT Construction Preparations
The following statement can be attributed to Dr. Jessica Dempsey, Deputy Director, East Asian Observatory: “This afternoon, the directors of the existing observatories on Maunakea made the joint decision to […]
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Fast Radio Burst Pinpointed to Distant Galaxy
Maunakea, Hawaii – Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the most enigmatic and powerful events in the cosmos. Around 80 of these events—intensely bright millisecond-long bursts of radio waves coming […]
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Spiraling Filaments Feed Young Galaxies
New data from W. M. Keck Observatory show gas directly spiraling into growing galaxies Maunakea, Hawaii – Galaxies grow by accumulating gas from their surroundings and converting it to stars, […]
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Astronomers Make History in a Split Second
Maunakea, Hawaii – In a world first, an international team of astronomers has determined the precise location of a powerful one-off burst of cosmic radio waves. The discovery was made […]
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Cool Halo Gas Caught Spinning Like Galactic Disks
Corotation Found to be Typical, Suggesting Cool Halo Gas Prolongs Galaxy Growth Maunakea, Hawaii – A group of astronomers led by Crystal Martin and Stephanie Ho of the University of […]
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Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa
Maunakea, Hawaii – A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Using the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct a visible-light spectral analysis […]
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The Impossible Telescope
Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii – Two years ago today, we lost a member of our W. M. Keck Observatory ohana. Jerry Nelson, the legendary designer of the Keck I & II telescopes, also […]
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W. M. Keck Observatory Welcomes Kāpili `Oihana Intern Riley Atkinson
Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii – We are pleased to announce that Riley Atkinson will join W. M. Keck Observatory as a Kamehameha Schools Kāpili ʻOihana Intern. Atkinson, a rising sophomore at Columbia University, will contribute […]