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Maunakea Observatories Help Shed New Light on Obscured Infant Solar System
W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope Data Taken Over Eight Years Solve Planet Formation Mystery Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers …
Unusual Galaxies Defy Dark Matter Theory
Two New Studies Confirm That Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter Do In Fact Exist Maunakea, Hawaii – After drawing both praise …
Anemic Galaxy Reveals Deficiencies in Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy Formation Theory
Strange Features of a Newly Discovered Ghostly Galaxy Deepen Mystery of How UDGs are Born Maunakea, Hawaii – A team …
Citizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star Encircled by Puzzling Rings
Maunakea, Hawaii – A volunteer working with the NASA-led Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has found the oldest and coldest …
Birth of a Black Hole or Neutron Star Captured for the First Time
Hawaii Telescopes Help Astronomers Identify Mysterious Glowing ‘Cow’ in the Sky Maunakea, Hawaii – A Northwestern University-led international team of …
Astronomers Uncover the Brightest Lensed Quasar in the Early Universe
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have discovered the brightest gravitationally lensed object ever seen at a time when the universe was …
Nature’s Magnifying Glass Reveals Unexpected Intermediate Mass Exoplanets
Microlensing Reveals Sub-Saturn Giant Planets are Common, Not Rare Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have found a new exoplanet that could …
Fossil from the Big Bang Discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory
Rare Relic is One of Only Three Fossil Clouds Known in the Universe Maunakea, Hawaii – A relic cloud of …
Young Star Caught in a Fit of Growth
New Visible and Infrared Observations of Young Star Reveal Clues About How It Bulks Up Maunakea, Hawaii – Researchers have …
Exoplanet Stepping Stones
Researchers are Perfecting Technology to One Day Look for Signs of Alien Life Summary: New observations of a young gas …
Astronomers Find Possible Elusive Star Behind Supernova
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers may have finally uncovered the long-sought progenitor to a specific type of exploding star by sifting …
Super-Earth Discovered Orbiting the Sun’s Famous Stellar Neighbor
PLANET ORBITS BARNARD’S STAR, THE CLOSEST SINGLE STAR TO THE SUN Maunakea, Hawaii – At only six light-years away, Barnard’s …
