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Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now

Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a …
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet

Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in …
Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way

Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way

Maunakea and Haleakalā, Hawaiʻi – It may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are …

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Carroll College Intern Hank Rugg explores the telescope atop Maunakea.

Computing for the Cosmos: How Data Scientist Intern Hank Rugg is Powering Discovery at Keck

By Kelan Kennedy, Communications & Outreach Student Assistant The W. M. Keck Observatory has long been a hub of cutting-edge …
W. M. Keck Observatory Appoints T. Ilihia Gionson as First Chief of Public Affairs

W. M. Keck Observatory Appoints T. Ilihia Gionson as First Chief of Public Affairs

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The W. M. Keck Observatory is pleased to announce the appointment of T. Ilihia Gionson as its …
RING IT ON: W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY DATA HITS A GALACTIC BULLSEYE

RING IT ON: W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY DATA HITS A GALACTIC BULLSEYE

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured a cosmic …
First Fast Radio Burst Traced to Old, Dead, Elliptical Galaxy

First Fast Radio Burst Traced to Old, Dead, Elliptical Galaxy

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi — For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an …
Dandelion Supernova Revealed in 3-D

Dandelion Supernova Revealed in 3-D

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For nearly six months during the year 1181, people looked up to the skies to find a …
Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now

Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a …
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet

Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in …
Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way

Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way

Maunakea and Haleakalā, Hawaiʻi – It may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are …
Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions

Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own Sun is a loner, many stars …
Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision

Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters’ vast …
Fresh Meal Kits for Hawai'i Island Keiki

Fresh Meal Kits for Hawai’i Island Keiki

Mahalo Vibrant Hawai’i and Kaukau4Keiki for providing fresh, locally-sourced meal kits to students whose families are experiencing food scarcity during the summer …