Category: Science News
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New Class of Star Cluster Discovered
Kamuela, Hawaii – Star clusters with properties not seen before have been discovered by an international team of astrophysicists, led by Swinburne University of Technology’s Professor Duncan Forbes. Using data […]
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Scientists Discover System with Three Planets in Habitable Zone
Kamuela, HI — A team of scientists recently confirmed six, and possibly seven, planets orbiting a star system a mere 22 light-years from Earth. More importantly, three of those planets […]
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UCI Scientists Size Up Universe’s Most Lightweight Dwarf Galaxy with Keck Observatory
Kamuela, Hawaii — The least massive galaxy in the known universe has been measured by UC Irvine scientists, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of […]
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International Team on Keck Observatory Strengthens Big Bang Theory
Kamuela, Hawaii – An international team of scientists using the most powerful telescope on Earth has discovered the moments just after the Big Bang happened more like the theory predicts, […]
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Mega-galaxy is Missing Link in History of Cosmos
Kamuela, Hawaii – Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, according to […]
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Astronomers Using Keck Observatory Discover Rain Falling from Saturn’s rings
Kamuela, HI — NASA funded observations on the W. M. Keck Observatory with analysis led by the University of Leicester, England tracked the “rain” of charged water particles into the […]
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NASA and Caltech Astronomers Find Potential Energy Supply For Life on Europa
KAMUELA, HI – Observations of Europa from the W. M. Keck Observatory help NASA and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomers go one step further in demonstrating life may be […]
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Astronomers Detect Water in Atmosphere of Distant Planet
KAMUELA, HI – A team of international scientists using the W. M. Keck Observatory has made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-size planet beyond our […]
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Astronomers Open Window Into Europa’s Ocean
KAMUELA, Hawaii—With data collected from the mighty W. M. Keck Observatory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomer Mike Brown — known as the Pluto killer for discovering a Kuiper-belt object […]
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Keck Observatory Completes $4 Million Adaptive Optics Fund
Kamuela, Hawaii – The W. M. Keck Observatory has successfully completed a $4 million campaign that will give astronomers the most detailed Adaptive Optics images of the cosmos ever created […]