Category: News
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Newly Discovered Twin Planets Could Solve Puffy Planet Mystery
Maunakea, Hawaii – Since astronomers first measured the size of an extrasolar planet seventeen years ago, they have struggled to answer the question: how did the largest planets get to […]
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Keck Observatory Open House 2017
WAIMEA HEADQUARTERS: 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela HI 96743 You’re invited! Come join us as we open the doors of our Waimea Headquarters to the community for a fun, family-friendly event […]
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Keck Observatory Open House 2017
FAMILIES STEP INTO “PORTAL TO THE UNIVERSE” Community Invited to Experience the Cosmos at W. M. Keck Observatory Open House Waimea, Hawaii Island – This is a special event that […]
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Astronomers Discover A Star That Would Not Die
Supernova Discovery Challenges Known Theories of the Death of Stars Maunakea, Hawaii – An international team of astronomers led by Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) has made a bizarre discovery; a […]
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W. M. Keck Observatory Chief Scientist Appointed to National Science Foundation
W. M. Keck Observatory Congratulates Chief Scientist Anne Kinney on New Appointment with National Science Foundation Kinney to Head NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii – W. […]
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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 […]