Category: News
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First Detailed Look at a Normal Galaxy in the Very Early Universe
Mauna Kea, Hawaii – University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomer Regina Jorgenson has obtained the first image that shows the structure of a normal galaxy in the early universe as captured […]
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Hubble and Keck Unveil a Deep Sea of Small and Faint Early Galaxies
Mauna Kea, HI – A team of scientists led by astronomers at the University of California, Riverside has used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the W. M. Keck Observatory to uncover the […]
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Kepler Team Validates 41 New Exoplanets with Keck I
Mauna Kea, Hawaii – The Kepler team today reports on four years of observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory targeting Kepler’s exoplanet systems, announcing results this week at the American […]
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Keck Observatory Redirects Photons to Save
By Andrew Cooper If you have been through Waimea lately, you’ve probably noticed a great deal of work taking place on the roofs of the W. M. Keck Observatory headquarters […]
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All About ISON
By Andrew Cooper Professional and amateur astronomers alike are getting ready for comet C/2012 S1 ISON, possibly the highlight of a year that has already seen several good comets. Comet […]
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One in Five Stars Has Earth-sized Planet in Habitable Zone
Waimea, Hawaii – Scientists from University of California, Berkeley, and University of Hawaii, Manoa, have statistically determined that twenty percent of Sun-like stars in our galaxy have Earth-sized planets that could […]
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First Earth-Sized, Rocky Exoplanet Found
Kamuela, Hawaii – A team of astronomers has found the first Earth-sized planet outside the solar system that has a rocky composition like that of Earth. This exoplanet, known as […]
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Astronomers Discover Most Distant Known Galaxy
Kamuela, Hawaii — University of Texas at Austin astronomer Steven Finkelstein has led a team that has discovered and measured the distance to the most distant galaxy ever found, using the […]
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Caltech Scientists Detects First Progenitor of Type 1b Supernova
Kamuela, Hawaii — Powerful new survey telescopes led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are being combined with the W. M. Keck Observatory to provide insight into rare, exotic cosmic explosions. Caltech’s intermediate Palomar […]
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Dr. George H. Herbig (1920-2013)
Dr. George H. Herbig, astronomer emeritus at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, has died at the age of 93. […]