The Stellar Zoo at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy would be quite unfamiliar to a terrestrial visitor. Not only do the types of stars differ in many ways from what we can see in our serene nighttime sky from Earth, but the stars at the galactic center are also not behaving like the […]
University of Hawaii Meterorology Professor, Steven Businger will offer a layman’s look at the amazing variety of weather experienced by the Island of Hawaii and will include lots of imagery and illustrations. Topics touched on will include the impact of hurricanes, thunderstorms and blizzards on the Big Island, forecasting for astronomy on Mauna Kea, and some thoughts on the […]
Please join us for a festive, Hawaiian-style polo afternoon and support the frontiers of discovery! The match is being held in conjunction with the Mauna Kea Polo Club.Gates Open at NoonMatch starts at 2pmFRIENDS:$250 per personCatered Luncheon at 1pmRSVP by November 17Call: 808.881.3854jcampbell@keck.hawaii.eduFANS:General Admission $5 per personBring a picnic lunch, umbrella and chairsAdmission collected at […]
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and W. M. Keck Observatory are sponsoring the Waimea Solar System Walk from 10am-2pm on November 8th. The walk turns Waimea into a scale model of our solar system with the sun at Keck Observatory and Pluto/dwarf planets at CFHT. The remaining booths are spaced at the distance they would be found […]
Our very own Greg Wirth and Jason Chin will be be two of the presenters at this first-ever TEDx event at the Kahilu Theatre. Please go to: http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12052 for tickets and more information.
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00p MOVIE STARTS AT 6:30pFor the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to a significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of […]
As the building blocks of the Universe, galaxies are massive structures that can contain trillions of stars. Galaxies in today’s Universe show a striking diversity among their properties, with large variations in their appearance, age, size, weight, and stellar birth rate. Despite this diversity, galaxies can broadly be divided into two types: low-mass spiral galaxies […]
Join us for a rare look into an observing run at the W. M. Keck Observatory, home of the two largest and most scientifically productive telescopes on Earth. Both of the mighty 10-meter Keck Observatory telescopes will be steered by UCLA’s Andrea Ghez and her team of observers from the UCLA Galactic Center Group for two […]
This Cosmic Video was produced from the June 19, 2014 Astronomy Talk given at Kahilu Theatre. The original description is below:In the first several hundred million years after the Big Bang, the Universe was too hot for stars and galaxies to form. As the Universe cooled and its expansion slowed, gravity caused the first stars […]
The Galactic Center Group at UCLA has used the W. M. Keck Observatory for the past two decades to observe the center of the Milky Way at the highest angular resolution possible. This work established the existence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of our Galaxy. In this talk, Dr. Leo Meyer, Research […]
People in Hawaii are in prime position to view a total lunar eclipse tonight—one of two expected this year. After the full moon rises at sunset tonight, the eclipse will start just 11 minutes later, at 6:53 pm, but you won’t see any changes. The partial phase will begin at about 7:53 pm making the moon […]
W. M. Keck Observatory astronomer Greg Doppmann will give a talk on circumstellar disks that surround newly formed stars. The inner regions of such disks are where rocky, and perhaps Earth-like planets are believed to form. Searching these planet-forming environments for compounds that promote life, such as water and organic molecules, is the focus of […]
