Category: News
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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 […]
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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 […]