Category: News
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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 […]
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Shaw Prize in Astronomy Awarded to Ed Stone
Pasadena, California – Edward (Ed) C. Stone, the David Morrisroe Professor of Physics at Caltech, and the project scientist for NASA’s Voyager mission for the past 47 years, has been […]
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Maunakea Observatories Help Shed New Light on Obscured Infant Solar System
W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope Data Taken Over Eight Years Solve Planet Formation Mystery Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers using the combined power of two Hawaii telescopes have taken […]
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Exoplanet Detective Courtney Dressing Investigates Earth Doppelgangers Orbiting Nearby Stars
WAIMEA (KAMUELA), HAWAII – NASA’s new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satilite (TESS) is discovering strange new worlds closest to our solar system, and last night, a curious audience came to find […]
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Unusual Galaxies Defy Dark Matter Theory
Two New Studies Confirm That Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter Do In Fact Exist Maunakea, Hawaii – After drawing both praise and skepticism, the team of astronomers who discovered NGC 1052-DF2 […]
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Anemic Galaxy Reveals Deficiencies in Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy Formation Theory
Strange Features of a Newly Discovered Ghostly Galaxy Deepen Mystery of How UDGs are Born Maunakea, Hawaii – A team of astronomers led by the University of California Observatories (UCO) […]