Category: News
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Earth and The Milky Way Just Got a Few Trillion New Neighbors
By Logan Kugler Do you know where you live? You probably know your street address and the name of your town, state, and country. But what about your cosmic address […]
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Keck Observatory Gives Astronomers First Glimpse of Monster Galaxy Formation
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII — After years of searching, Yale University astronomers have discovered a window into the early, violent formation of the nuclei of the Universe’s monster galaxies. After spotting […]
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Keck Observatory Helps Offer Best View Yet of Merging Galaxies in Distant Universe
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII — An international team of astronomers has obtained the best view yet of a collision that took place between two galaxies when the universe was only half its […]
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Cosmic Matters: Stormy Weather on Uranus
Mauna Kea, Hawaii – Weather on any planet can be quite unpredictable. As hurricanes threaten the Aloha State, astronomers working at W. M. Keck Observatory on the island of Hawaii were surprised […]
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Observations Reveal Massive Eruptions on Jupiter’s Moon Io
Mauna Kea, Hawaii — Three massive volcanic eruptions occurred on Jupiter’s moon Io within a two-week period, leading astronomers to speculate that these presumed rare “outbursts,” which can send material hundreds […]
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Merging Galaxies Illuminate the Cosmic Food Chain
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – Scientists studying a ‘twin’ of the Milky Way have used the W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Observatory to accurately model how it is swallowing another, smaller […]
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Ancient Worlds from Another Galaxy Discovered Next Door
MAUNA KEA, HI — An international team of scientists, led by astronomers at Queen Mary University of London, report of two new planets orbiting Kapteyn’s star, one of the oldest stars […]
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Planet Found with an 80,000-Year Orbit
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – A team of researchers has discovered and photographed a gas giant only 155 light years from our solar system, adding to the short list of exoplanets discovered through […]
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The New York Times Profiles Geoff Marcy
The following is an excerpt from The New York Times. Click on link below to see full story. “BERKELEY, CALIF. — Last summer a homely room in the basement of […]
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First Potentially Habitable Earth-Sized Planet Confirmed by Keck and Gemini Observatories
The first Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of another star has been confirmed by observations with both the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Gemini Observatory. The initial […]