Category: News
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IO’S VOLCANIC SURFACE CAPTURED IN FULL MOTION
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (June 3rd, 2002) The highest resolution infrared global images ever taken of Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, are now available from the W.M. Keck Observatory and UC Berkeley […]
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EVIDENCE FOR YOUNG PLANETS FOUND
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (April 11th, 2002) Two independent teams of astronomers are presenting the discovery of new features in an edge-on disk around the nearby star Beta Pictoris at the […]
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WORLD’S LARGEST TELESCOPE CREATES A VIRTUAL STAR OVER HAWAII
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (January 4th, 2002) The W. M. Keck Observatory, home to the world’s two largest telescopes, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have created a “virtual” guide […]
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BROWN DWARF FOUND AROUND NEARBY, SUN-LIKE STAR
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (January 1st, 2002) Astronomers using adaptive optics on the Gemini North and Keck telescopes have taken an image of a brown dwarf orbiting a nearby star similar […]
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TWO NEW PLANETARY SYSTEMS DISCOVERED
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (January 9th, 2001) The world’s leading team of planet-hunting astronomers announced today at the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society the discovery of two multi-planet systems […]
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KECK IMAGES OF NEPTUNE BEST EVER CAPTURED
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (October 1st, 2000) Astronomers observing with the adaptive optics instrument on the Keck II Telescope have obtained the best pictures yet of the planet Neptune, showing an […]
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KECK ASTRONOMERS OBSERVE ACCELERATION OF STARS AT CENTER OF MILKY WAY GALAXY
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (September 21st, 2000) In an historic first, astronomers from the University of California-Los Angeles have observed acceleration in the velocities of individual stars orbiting the gigantic black […]
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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ISSUES “FAMOUS OBSERVATORY” STAMP SET
On July 9, 2000, the U.S. Postal Service included the distinctive twin domes of Keck in set of six, now available at select post offices and by special order from […]
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UH REGENTS APPROVE MAUNA KEA MASTER PLAN
HONOLULU, Hawaii (June 16th, 2000) The University of Hawai’i Board of Regents today approved a Master Plan for future uses of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve atop the state’s highest […]
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KECK ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER PLANETS SMALLER THAN SATURN
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (March 29th, 2000) With the number of planets discovered orbiting suns beyond our Solar system now at 30 and counting, astronomers at the W.M. Keck Observatory have […]