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Building Hawaiʻi’s STEM Future: Meet the First Kamaʻāina Pathways Intern
Building a strong, Hawaiʻi-grounded STEM workforce begins with creating meaningful opportunities for local students to learn, grow, and contribute. The …
Keck Observer and Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize for work on supernovae
Photo courtesy of Christopher Prentiss Michel Observer Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley’s expert on supernovae and black holes, has been named …
Astronomers Determine Brown Dwarf Age Using Tiny Stellar Pulsations
Results Test Brown Dwarf Theory challenging astrophysicists Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, …
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Building Hawaiʻi’s STEM Future: Meet the First Kamaʻāina Pathways Intern
Building a strong, Hawaiʻi-grounded STEM workforce begins with creating meaningful opportunities for local students to learn, grow, and contribute. The …
Keck Observer and Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize for work on supernovae
Photo courtesy of Christopher Prentiss Michel Observer Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley’s expert on supernovae and black holes, has been named …
Astronomers Determine Brown Dwarf Age Using Tiny Stellar Pulsations
Results Test Brown Dwarf Theory challenging astrophysicists Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, …
New Study Uncovers Distinct Origins of Uranus’s Two Outer Rings
Researchers construct first complete spectrum of μ and ν rings, revealing composition and formation history Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using …
A New Spin on Planet Formation
The largest survey of exoplanet spins confirms long-predicted relationship between planetary mass and rotation Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using the …
Astronomers Find Compelling Evidence of a Star Collapsing Directly Into a Black Hole
Keck Observatory observations help constrain a long-predicted pathway for black hole formation Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck …
Advancing Astronomy Together: Keck Observatory at the AAS Winter Meeting
The winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society is the organization’s largest annual gathering, bringing together the global astronomy community …
Astronomers Discover the First Galaxy-wide Wobbling Black Hole Jet in a Disk Galaxy
Rare, powerful jet strips star-forming gas from its host, offering new insight into how galaxies evolve Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers …
Astronomers Reveal Hidden Lives of the Early Universe’s Ultramassive Galaxies
A new multi-wavelength study shows that some ultramassive galaxies shut down star formation early, while others remain active but hidden …
Astronomers Pinpoint Black Holes as the Power Source Behind Mysterious Cosmic Flashes
Observations of AT 2024wpp reveal that luminous fast blue optical transients are driven by extreme stellar destruction—not supernovae Maunakea, Hawaiʻi …
“Superkilonova” A Star So Nice, It Explodes Twice
Potential first-of-a-kind may have produced gravitational waves and light Media Contact: Meagan O’Shea Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers …
Discoveries From Maunakea Reveal Hidden Worlds Around Accelerating Stars
Groundbreaking research from the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Subaru Telescope highlight Maunakea’s continued leadership in imaging new worlds …
