Category: News
Astronomers reveal tasty insights into exoplanet formation using SPAM
Study serves up the closest-ever view of a planet-forming disk around young star HD 34282 Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have taken the […]
Dead Star Still Consuming Its Planetary System
Discovery challenges understanding of planetary system evolution Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi Island have identified a […]
Discovery of Brown Dwarf Companion Provides New Insight into Stellar and Planetary Formation and Evolution
Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – An international team of astronomers using the combined powers of space-based and ground-based observatories, including the W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope […]
Celebrating Creative Genius: Keck Observer Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow
Kareem El-Badry, Keck Observatory observer and assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology, has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow for his groundbreaking work on “expanding our knowledge of […]
W. M. Keck Observatory Welcomes Jacques Sebag as Chief Engineer and Operations Officer
Sebag brings over three decades of expertise in global astronomical observatory operations Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Jacques Sebag has joined the W. M. Keck Observatory as its Chief Engineer and Operations […]
Brightest Ever Fast Radio Burst to Date Provides Clues to its Origin
Physical properties provided by Keck Observatory data reveals surprising FRB environment Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of international astronomers, including observers using W. M. Keck Observatory […]
First-of-its-kind ‘Bare-Bones’ Supernova Upends Star Evolution Models
Rare stellar blast reveals a heavy-element core, challenging theories of how massive stars live and die Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For the first time, scientists have confirmed […]
To ‘Infinity’ and Beyond – A Look at a Newborn Black Hole
Discovery of Infinity galaxy provides evidence of a new pathway for black hole formation Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, […]
Supernova’s ‘Trapped’ Jet Reveals Source of Fast X-ray Transient
Mysterious cosmic explosion is traced to a massive stellar explosion Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea – moshea@keck.hawaii.edu Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – An international team of astrophysicists using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, […]
Biggest Boom Since the Big Bang: Hawaiʻi-Based Astronomers Uncover the Most Energetic Explosions In The Universe Yet Discovered
Releasing more energy than 100 supernovae, Extreme Nuclear Transients (ENTs) are the most energetic transients yet observed Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea – moshea@keck.hawaii.edu Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using data from the […]