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Spend The Summer Among the Stars: Internships Available at Observatories on Mauna Kea
Kamuela (January 20th, 2006) The Akamai Observatory Internship Program offers remarkable opportunities to participate in the exciting world of modern …
`OHANA to Link Seven Mauna Kea Telescopes
Mauna Kea (January 13th, 2006) A team of scientists in partnership with the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii have …
Scientists See Better, Fainter with New Keck Laser Guide Star
Washington D. C. (January 10th, 2006) A new sodium laser is giving 50 times more sky coverage to the atmospheric-correcting …
GRAIN GROWTH IN ORION NEBULA PROTOPLANETARY DISKS
WASHINGTON, D. C. (January 6th, 2006) New observations of the Orion Nebula at infrared wavelengths reveal that small dust grains …
FAINT NEW RING DISCOVERED AROUND URANUS
BERKELEY, Calif. (December 22nd, 2005) Astronomers have made the first ground-based observations of one of two new rings discovered recently …
PRECURSOR TO PROTEINS AND DNA FOUND IN STELLAR DISK
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (December 20th, 2005) Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory have found – for the first time – …
HIGH RES IMAGES OF GALACTIC CENTER
UCLA PRESS RELEASE (December 12th, 2005) UCLA astronomers and colleagues published the first high-resolution images of the center of our …
NEW RESULTS SHOW EXPANSION RATE OF THE UNIVERSE IS INCREASING
CALTECH PRESS RELEASE (November 22nd, 2005) Based on an ongoing study of exploding stars in the distant universe, astrophysicists have …
KECK RELEASES DATA OF GAMMA RAY BURST 051111
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (November 16th, 2005) Spectral data of gamma-ray burst GRB 051111 were collected with the Keck I telescope …
HUDSON FOUNDATION INVESTS $75,000 IN W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY
KAMUELA, Hawaii (November 7th, 2005) The W. M. Keck Observatory received a grant of $75,000 from the M.R. and Evelyn …
MOON DISCOVERED ORBITING 10th PLANET (2003 UB313)
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (October 3rd, 2005) Scientists are over the moon at the W. M. Keck Observatory and the California …
MILESTONE FOR KECK INTERFEROMETER
JPL PRESS RELEASE (September 29th, 2005) Are we alone in the universe? Are there planets like Earth around other “suns” …
