Category: News
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COMPACT GALAXIES IN EARLY UNIVERSE PACK A BIG PUNCH
Baltimore, Md. (April 29th, 2008) Imagine receiving an announcement touting the birth of a baby 20 inches long and weighing 180 pounds. After reading this puzzling message, you would immediately […]
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NOVA PHENOMENON EXPLAINED WITH NULLING MODE AT KECK OBSERVATORY
MAUNA KEA (January 28th, 2008) First results from a new scientific instrument at W. M. Keck Observatory are helping scientists understand the physics behind recurrent novae, a type of cataclysmic […]
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NASA Mega-Telescope Gears Up to Study Cosmos
(December 5th, 2007) NASA has selected three teams of scientists to begin studying disks of dust around nearby stars starting in February 2008, using the Keck Interferometer in Mauna Kea, […]
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Keck Helps Discover Record Fifth Planet
Berkeley (November 6th, 2007) A team of American astronomers announced the discovery of a record-breaking fifth planet around the nearby star 55 Cancri, making it the only star aside from […]
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Morning forecast on Titan calls for widespread methane drizzle off Xanadu, according to Keck, VLT im
(October 11th, 2007) Berkeley — Noted for its bizarre hydrocarbon lakes and frozen methane clouds, Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, also appears to have widespread drizzles of methane, according to a […]
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Scientists ‘Weigh’ Tiny Galaxy Halfway Across Universe
(October 4th, 2007) Santa Barbara, California –– A tiny galaxy, nearly halfway across the universe, the smallest in size and mass known to exist at that distance, has been identified […]
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Dark, but Light: Smallest Galaxies Ever Seen Solve a Big Problem
Mauna Kea (September 12th, 2007) Mauna Kea scientists may have solved a discrepancy between the number of extremely small, faint galaxies predicted to exist near the Milky Way and the […]
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‘One Of The Most Curious Objects In The Sky’ Delights Astronomers Again
Mauna Kea (August 29th, 2007) Edwin Hubble once called IC 10 “one of the most curious objects in the sky,” and new observations of the extremely faint, lightweight dwarf galaxy […]
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Scientists Study Changes In Planets Rings
Berkeley (August 23rd, 2007) As the rings of Uranus swing edge-on to Earth – a short-lived view we get only once every 42 years – astronomers observing the event are […]
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Polluted Dead Star Indicates Planets Like Earth May Have Formed Around Other Stars
Los Angeles (August 16th, 2007) The chemical fingerprint of a burned-out star indicates that Earth-like planets may not be rare in the universe and could give clues to what our […]