Category: News
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UC Berkeley Astronomer Alex Filippenko Reveals Mysteries of Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe
WAIMEA (KAMUELA), HAWAII – The mysterious dark substance that appears to be causing the accelerated expansion of the universe attracted a maximum-capacity crowd to W. M. Keck Observatory’s latest astronomy […]
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Citizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star Encircled by Puzzling Rings
Maunakea, Hawaii – A volunteer working with the NASA-led Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf — an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has […]
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Birth of a Black Hole or Neutron Star Captured for the First Time
Hawaii Telescopes Help Astronomers Identify Mysterious Glowing ‘Cow’ in the Sky Maunakea, Hawaii – A Northwestern University-led international team of astronomers is getting closer to understanding the mysterious bright object […]
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Astronomers Uncover the Brightest Lensed Quasar in the Early Universe
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have discovered the brightest gravitationally lensed object ever seen at a time when the universe was less than one billion years old. With the help of […]
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Nature’s Magnifying Glass Reveals Unexpected Intermediate Mass Exoplanets
Microlensing Reveals Sub-Saturn Giant Planets are Common, Not Rare Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have found a new exoplanet that could alter the standing theory of planet formation. With a mass […]
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Comet Hunters Successfully Observe Wirtanen with Newly Modernized Instrument at W. M. Keck Observatory
NIRSPEC Upgrade Delivers Sharper Views of Comet Wirtanen Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers are being treated to an exciting view of Comet 46P/Wirtanen at W. M. Keck Observatory, with sharper-than-ever data […]
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Fossil from the Big Bang Discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory
Rare Relic is One of Only Three Fossil Clouds Known in the Universe Maunakea, Hawaii – A relic cloud of gas, orphaned after the Big Bang, has been discovered in […]
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Young Star Caught in a Fit of Growth
New Visible and Infrared Observations of Young Star Reveal Clues About How It Bulks Up Maunakea, Hawaii – Researchers have discovered a young star in the midst of a rare […]
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Hawaii High School Student Scores Highly-Coveted Telescope Time to Study ‘Tatooine’ at Keck Observatory
Maunakea, Hawaii – The Star Wars universe turned from science fiction to science fact for an Oahu student, who recently observed a real-life ‘Tatooine’ using one of the largest, most […]
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Exoplanet Stepping Stones
Researchers are Perfecting Technology to One Day Look for Signs of Alien Life Summary: New observations of a young gas giant demonstrate the power of a ground-based method for searching […]