Category: News
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How Two Ground-based Telescopes Support NASA’s Cassini Mission
Maunakea, Hawaii – When NASA’s Cassini spacecraft plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15, ending its 20 years of exploration, astronomers will observe the giant planet from Earth, […]
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NASA Awards New Cooperative Agreement to W. M. Keck Observatory
Maunakea, Hawaii – NASA has awarded a five-year Cooperative Agreement with the California Association for Research in Astronomy to continue the science program at the W. M. Keck Observatory. “The […]
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Four Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting the Nearest Sun-Like Star
Maunakea, Hawaii– A new study by an international team of astronomers reveals that Tau Ceti, the nearest Sun-like star about 12 light years away from the Sun, has four Earth-sized […]
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New Storm Makes Surprise Appearance on Neptune
Extremely large, bright storm system caught on camera at W. M. Keck Observatory Maunakea, Hawaii – Striking images of a storm system nearly the size of Earth have astronomers doing a […]
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Scientists Get Best Measure of Star-Forming Material in Galaxy Clusters in Early Universe
Maunakea, Hawaii– The international Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) collaboration based at the University of California, Riverside has combined observations from several of the world’s most powerful […]
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“Little Cub” Gives Astronomers Rare Chance to See Galaxy’s Demise
Maunakea, Hawaii– Astronomers have spotted a primitive galaxy being devoured by a gigantic neighboring galaxy – a discovery that could provide clues about the early universe. The Little Cub galaxy […]
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In Memoriam: Jerry Nelson (1944-2017)
Remembering a legend, pioneer, and father of the W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes “You can’t. It’s never been done. It’s impossible,” they said. But Jerry Nelson believed he could. He […]
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Unexpected Classification of Exoplanets Discovered
Two Distinct “Species” of Exoplanets Illuminated using W. M. Keck Observatory Data Maunakea, Hawaii – Since the mid-1990s, when the first planet around another sun-like star was discovered, astronomers have amassed […]
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Astronomers Prove What Separates True Stars from Wannabes
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have shown what separates real stars from the wannabes. Not in Hollywood, but out in the universe. “When we look up and see the stars shining at […]
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New Method of Searching for Fifth Force
W. M. Keck Observatory Data Leads To First Of Its Kind Test of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity A UCLA-led team has discovered a new way of probing the hypothetical fifth […]