Category: News
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Astronomers Discover ‘Emerald-Cut’ Galaxy
<p>Kamuela HI—An international team of astronomers has discovered and explained a rare square galaxy with a striking resemblance to an emerald cut diamond by using both Keck and Subaru telescopes. […]
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Video: From Hot Jupiters to Habitable Planets
Dr. Debra Fischer of Yale University explains the lively science of planet hunting. This talk was delivered on Feb. 27, 2012, at The Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island of […]
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Powerful New Astronomy Tool Arrives on Mauna Kea
A much anticipated new scientific instrument arrived on Feb. 16 at the Keck I telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea. The new instrument, called MOSFIRE, is 25 times more […]
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50 Years Building the Telescopes
In 1987 there were 2 billion fewer people on the planet, The Simpsons were brand new to television, a first class stamp cost 22 cents and the first ?naked-eye? supernova […]
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Video: Seeing the Invisible Universe
Below is a recording of a live Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk given by Dr. Tom Soifer on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea, on the Big […]
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Video: Keck in Motion
Here’s a new, lively short video that shows a lot of typical things that go on at Keck Observatory’s twin telescopes over the course of 24 hours. This video was […]
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VIDEO: Discovering Dark Stars
This is a two-part video recording of a Jan. 24, 2012, lecture by Dr. Adam Burgasser. The topic is the surging science of brown dwarfs, which blur the line betwewen […]
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Super-Earth Detected in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star
Santa Cruz, CA—An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 […]
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Keck Observatory Astronomer Wins Top Award
A Keck Observatory astronomer who led the way to the discovery of a super-massive black hole at the center of our galaxy has been recognized this week with the 2012 […]
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Most Distant Dwarf Galaxy Detected
Kamuela, HI—Scientists have long struggled to detect the dim dwarf galaxies that orbit our own galaxy. So it came as a surprise on Jan. 18 when a team of astronomers […]