Category: News
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Judy Cohen Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
W. M. Keck Observatory Congratulates Caltech’s Kate Van Nuys Page Professor of Astronomy for Prestigious Appointment Maunakea, Hawaii – It’s one of the highest honors that only the most distinguished […]
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Ripples in the Cosmic Web
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers for the first time have measured small ripples in the cosmic web using W. M. Keck Observatory images of rare double quasars. The most barren regions of […]
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W. M. Keck Observatory Captures Rare High-Resolution Images of Exploded Star
Maunakea, Hawaii– Scientists will now be able to measure how fast the universe is truly expanding with the kind of precision not possible before. This, after an international team of […]
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W. M. Keck Observatory Achieves First Light with KCWI
Maunakea, Hawaii – W. M. Keck Observatory overnight captured the very first successful science data from its newest, cutting-edge instrument, the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI). KCWI captures three-dimensional data, as […]
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Primordial Galaxy Discovered, First of Its Kind
Maunakea, Hawaii– Seven years of meticulous observing have resulted in a cosmic discovery that comes from an era dating back 13.1 billion years, giving scientists a detailed glimpse of what […]
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Ancient Dead Galaxy Sets New Record
Maunakea, Hawaii – An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, spotted a massive, inactive galaxy from a time when the Universe was only 1.65 billion years old. This […]
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NASA Study Using Keck Telescope Hints at Possible Change in Water ‘Fingerprint’ of Comet
MAUNAKEA, HAWAI’I – A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet – an effect not seen by astronomers before, a […]
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Over 100 New Exoplanet Candidates Discovered With W. M. Keck Observatory
International team of astronomers releases the largest-ever compilation of exoplanet-detecting observations, made from observatory atop Maunakea MAUNAKEA, HAWAI’I – An international team of astronomers today released a compilation of almost […]
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Dwarf Star 200 Light Years Away Contains Life’s Building Blocks
UCLA-led team uses Keck Telescope to discover object in the constellation Boötes with carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen Many scientists believe the Earth was dry when it first formed, and […]
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Keck Observatory’s New Planet Imager Delivers First Science
MAUNAKEA, HAWAI’I – A new device on the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has delivered its first images, showing a ring of planet-forming dust around a star and, separately, a […]