Category: News
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Astronomers Discover New Clues to Galaxy Evolution
Seattle, WA – Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and University of Hawai’i (UH) have discovered 16 close-knit pairs of supermassive black […]
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NASA Study Distinguishes Most Distant Galaxy Cluster
Kamuela, HI – Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ancient collection of galaxies presumably grew into a modern galaxy cluster […]
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Weight-Watchers Guide to the Universe: Obese Galaxies Aren’t Dieting
Humans are not alone in their struggle against an increasing waistline. Astronomers believe that galaxies too put on weight throughout their lives, growing not only by consuming hydrogen gas—which is […]
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Keck Observatory Pictures show Fourth Planet in Giant Solar System
Kamuela, HI – Astronomers announced the discovery of a fourth giant planet joining three others orbiting a nearby star with information that challenges our current understanding of planet formation. The […]
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Observations of Jupiter Reveal Rare Signatures of Weather
Kamuela, HI, – One of Jupiter’s dark brown stripes that faded out last spring is regaining its color, providing an unprecedented opportunity for astronomers to observe a rare and mysterious […]
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Study says Solar Systems like ours may be Common
Kamuela, HI, – Nearly one in four stars like the Sun could have Earth-size planets, according to observations of nearby solar-mass stars made with the Keck telescopes in Hawai’i. UC […]
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Ground-Based Images of Asteroid Lutetia Complement Spacecraft Flyby
Kamuela, HI, – The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft recently beamed back to Earth a dramatic set of close-up images as it flew past the asteroid Lutetia, on its […]
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Keck Observatory discovers the first Goldilocks Exoplanet
Kamuela, HI, – A team of planet-hunting astronomers, utilizing the HIRES spectrometer on the W.M. Keck Observatory’s Keck I Telescope, has announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a […]
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Spectrum of young extrasolar planet yields surprising results
Kamuela, HI – Astronomers at the University of Hawaii have measured the temperature of a young gas-giant planet around another star using the W. M. Keck Observatory, and the results […]
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NSF Awards $1.72 Million to Improve the Keck I Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System
Kamuela, HI— The W. M. Keck Observatory has received a $1.72 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design the first near-infrared tip-tilt sensor used to correct for […]