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

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