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Astronomy Talk: First Light in the Universe, The End of the Cosmic Dark Ages
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
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 to collapse and re-light the Universe. Most theories suggest these first stars were unusual super-massive objects that evolved quickly and […]
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Keep Looking Up: Total Lunar Eclispe
09:07 pm - 10:25 pm
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 […]
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Astronomy Talk: Zooming into the Center of our Galaxy with Keck Observatory
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
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 […]
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Astronomy Talk: Examining the Planet-Forming Zone Around New Stars
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
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 […]
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Astronomy Talk: The Wonder of Comet ISON, A Relic From the Beginning of the Solar System
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Dr. Carey Lisse, head of NASA’s Comet ISON Observation Campaign, will present a timely talk on how and when comets were formed, and where they come from. Also a Senior Research Scientist with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Lisse will relate how comets may have helped start life on the Earth, and also how they may have ended […]
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Astronomy Talk: The Search for Other Earths
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Andrew Howard, astronomer from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy, will give an illuminating talk about the hunt for exoplanets and the quest for another Earth. Since 1995, more than 3,000 exoplanets have been discovered. Many of these planets look nothing like the planets of our Solar System — strange orbits, unusual compositions, and unknown […]
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Astronomy Talk: He Lani Ko Luna — A Sky Above
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Chad Kālepa Baybayan is captain and navigator of the Hawaiian deep-sea voyaging canoes Hōkūle’a, Hawai’iloa, and Hōkūalaka’i. Baybayan will give a fascinating presentation on the history of oceanic wayfinding in the Pacific and the efforts to revitalize this once-dynamic maritime culture by exploring the symbiotic relationship between land, sea, sky, and people. He currently serves […]
Read More >Star Struck Video
Star Struck from Keck Observatory on Vimeo.
Read More >2012 Astronomy Lecture Series – Günther Hasinger (UH)
07:00 pm - 09:00 pm
Title: Black Holes and the Fate of the Universe View Astronomer’s Website
Read More >MOSFIRE: a Powerful New Astronomy Tool at the W. M. Keck Observatory
12:00 pm - 02:00 pm
Ian McLean (UC Los Angeles) On April 4, 2012 a new instrument obtained “first light” on the Keck I telescope at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. Known as MOSFIRE, for Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red Exploration, it is the most advanced capability available today to study star formation, galaxy formation and the early […]
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