Category: Press Release
A Wave of Ancient Quasars from the Dawn of the Universe
Keck Observatory and ESA’s Euclid mission double the known population, including the two most distant quasars ever found Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have confirmed two-thirds (21 of 31) of the most ancient quasars from the Euclid mission, including two of the most distant ever observed.…
Astronomers Discover Third Galaxy Without Dark Matter
Findings strengthen evidence for a violent galactic collision that may have separated ordinary matter from dark matter Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have discovered the third known galaxy apparently lacking dark matter, part of a strange linear structure that may have formed during a violent collision between…