Category: News
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Astronomers Measure Universe Expansion, Get Hints of ‘New Physics’
MAUNAKEA, HAWAI’I – Astronomers have just made a new measurement of the Hubble constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding, and it doesn’t quite line up with a different […]
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W. M. Keck Observatory Will Peer Deep into the Cosmic Web
MAUNAKEA, HAWAI’I – W. M. Keck Observatory (Keck Observatory) is pushing the cutting edge of scientific discovery with the addition of the world’s most sensitive instrument for measuring the tendrils […]
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Long-Term, Hi-Res Tracking of Eruptions on Jupiter’s Moon Io
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii— Jupiter’s moon Io continues to be the most volcanically active body in the solar system, as documented by the longest series of frequent, high-resolution observations of the […]
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New Model For Universe’s Reionization Unveiled
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii — Two papers published by an assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside and several collaborators explain why the Universe has enough energy to become transparent. The study […]
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Rare Fossil Relic of Early Milky Way Discovered
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii – A fossilized remnant of the early Milky Way harboring stars of hugely different ages has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. This stellar system located […]
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Scientists Discover Massive Galaxy Made of 99.99 Percent Dark Matter
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii — Using the world’s most powerful telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered a massive galaxy that consists almost entirely of Dark Matter. Using the W. M. […]
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Cosmic Neighbors Inhibit Star Formation, Even in the Early-Universe
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii — The international University of California, Riverside-led SpARCS collaboration has discovered four of the most distant clusters of galaxies ever found, as they appeared when the Universe was […]
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UCLA Astronomers Use Keck Observatory to Look Back 12 Billion Years and Measure Oxygen
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii — UCLA astronomers have used the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii to make the first accurate measurement of the abundance of oxygen in a distant galaxy. […]
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More Than 100 Planets Confirmed in Single Trove
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii — An international team of astronomers have discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds. The researchers achieved this extraordinary discovery of exoplanets by combining NASA’s K2 mission […]
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Discovered: Youngest Fully-Formed Exoplanet Ever
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii – A team of Caltech-led researchers discovered the youngest fully-formed exoplanet ever detected using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii and the Kepler Space Telescope. The […]