Category: News
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Best in Show
University of Hawaiʻi photographer R. David Beales won Best in Show at the University Photographers Association of America, or UPAA, competition for his December 2009 image “Mauna Kea Summit,” which […]
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Possible new type of Supernovae puts Calcium in your Bones
One theory of this new exploding system, shown in the simulation images (above), is that a white dwarf steals helium from a companion until the mass thief becomes very hot […]
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Keck Observatory Showcases Local Artist’s Work
KAMUELA, HI—Laurie Goldstein, a resident of North Kohala, will present a mixed media art show, entitled “Universe in Color” at the W. M. Keck Observatory headquarters, located at 65-1120 Mamalahoa […]
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Goldstein to showcase art at Keck Observatory
Laurie Goldstein, an artist in North Kohala, created her first work of art at age five. With a cardboard tracing of her foot, some ribbon and blue and gold paint, […]
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Discovery Channel features Keck Observatory
The Keck II telescope’s Laser Guide Star fires into the night sky. Credit: Sarah Anderson. Black Holes, the most powerful destroyers in the Universe, the most mysterious phenomena in the […]
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New Children’s Book Explores the Hunt for Other Worlds
Vicki Oransky Wittenstein, author of Planet Hunter, stands in front of the Keck telescope. Credit: Sarah Anderson. Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths, published in 2010 […]
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Cosmic photo Album Earns Astronomer AAS Prize
A native of Italy, Tommaso Treu, now a UC Santa Barbara astrophysicist, earned degrees at University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore and was a graduate student at the […]
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Keck Observatory Featured in NOVA Documentary
PBS Hawai’i aired Hunting the Edge of Space, a documentary exploring how the telescope has expanded our view of the Universe. The program features planet hunter Geoff Marcy and his […]
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Exploring New Worlds
UC Berkeley planet hunter Geoff Marcy watches the sun set from the Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea. Credit: WMKO. Geoff Marcy, an astronomer at UC Berkeley, began searching for worlds […]
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Astronomers See Historical Supernova From New Angle
MAUNA KEA, HI— By observing visible “light echoes,” astronomers have assembled one of the first 3-D perspectives of a cosmic object. The new view of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A […]