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‘One Of The Most Curious Objects In The Sky’ Delights Astronomers Again

‘One Of The Most Curious Objects In The Sky’ Delights Astronomers Again

Mauna Kea (August 29th, 2007) Edwin Hubble once called IC 10 “one of the most curious objects in the sky,” …
Scientists Study Changes In Planets Rings

Scientists Study Changes In Planets Rings

Berkeley (August 23rd, 2007) As the rings of Uranus swing edge-on to Earth – a short-lived view we get only …
Polluted Dead Star Indicates Planets Like Earth May Have Formed Around Other Stars

Polluted Dead Star Indicates Planets Like Earth May Have Formed Around Other Stars

Los Angeles (August 16th, 2007) The chemical fingerprint of a burned-out star indicates that Earth-like planets may not be rare …
Keck Confirms Largest Exoplanet To Date

Keck Confirms Largest Exoplanet To Date

Mauna Kea (August 6th, 2007) An international team of astronomers has discovered the largest-radius and lowest-density exoplanet of all those …
'Blue Needle' Presents New Challenge for Theorists

‘Blue Needle’ Presents New Challenge for Theorists

Mauna Kea (July 19th, 2007) Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study disks …
Astronomers Find Most Distant Known Galaxies

Astronomers Find Most Distant Known Galaxies

Pasadena, Calif. (July 10th, 2007) Using natural “gravitational lenses,” an international team of astronomers claim to have found the first …
Astronomers Measure Mass of Largest Dwarf Planet

Astronomers Measure Mass of Largest Dwarf Planet

Baltimore (June 14th, 2007) W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have teamed up to precisely measure the …
‘OLYMPIAN GALAXY’ NEAR ANDROMEDA GIVES CLUES TO HOW GALAXIES FORM

‘OLYMPIAN GALAXY’ NEAR ANDROMEDA GIVES CLUES TO HOW GALAXIES FORM

Honolulu (May 28th, 2007) A newly discovered dwarf galaxy in the Local Group has been found to have formed in …
Adaptive optics pinpoints two supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies

Adaptive optics pinpoints two supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies

Santa Cruz (May 17th, 2007) Astronomers have used powerful adaptive optics technology at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii …
Brightest Supernova Ever Seen

Brightest Supernova Ever Seen

Berkeley (May 7th, 2007) An exploding star first observed last September is the largest and most luminous supernova ever seen, …
"Red Square" Captured by Palomar and Keck Telescopes

“Red Square” Captured by Palomar and Keck Telescopes

Pasadena (April 11th, 2007) Astronomers announced the arrival of a new member in the pantheon of exotically beautiful celestial objects …
Fundamental Property of Galaxies Discovered at W. M. Keck Observatory

Fundamental Property of Galaxies Discovered at W. M. Keck Observatory

Kamuela (March 6th, 2007) A new study using data collected by the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has revealed …