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EARLY FINDINGS ABOUT THE GALACTIC CENTER TO BE PRESENTED AT KECK SCIENCE MEETING
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (August 27th, 2004) New images of the galactic center will be presented at the 2004 Keck Science …

KECK CONFIRMS TRANSIT PLANET
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (August 24th, 2004) Fifteen years ago, the largest telescopes in the world had yet to locate a …

SHARPEST IMAGE EVER OBTAINED OF A CIRCUMSTELLAR DISK REVEALS SIGNS OF YOUNG PLANETS
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (August 12th, 2004) The sharpest image ever taken of a dust disk around another star has revealed …

NASA ISSUES DRAFT EIS
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (August 1st, 2004) ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Outrigger …

HAWAII STUDENTS STAND ON SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
KAMUELA, Hawaii (June 30th, 2004) In a science lab deep in a basement on the University of Hawaii-Hilo campus, 17 …

SCIENTIST FROM UH HELPS NASA GET PHOTOS OF ‘WILD 2’
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (April 6th, 2004) A University of Hawaii astronomer’s observations with the Keck telescope on Mauna Kea enabled …

HUBBLE AND KECK TEAM UP TO FIND FARTHEST KNOWN GALAXY
KAMUELA, Hawaii (February 15th, 2004) A team of astronomers may have discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe. Located …

BIGGEST, BRIGHTEST, HOTTEST STAR-FORMING REGION FOUND
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (October 30th, 2003) A serendipitous discovery has given astronomers, for the first time, the ability to study …

LASER GUIDE STAR AVAILABLE FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS
KAMUELA, Hawaii (October 7th, 2003) A major milestone in astronomical history took place last month at the W.M. Keck Observatory …

KECK INTERFEROMETER BREAKS GALACTIC BARRIER
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (October 1st, 2003) A galaxy far beyond our own Milky Way, with a monstrous, churning black hole …

UCLA OBTAINS MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTS FOR CELESTIAL BROWN DWARFS
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (September 3rd, 2003) Elusive brown dwarfs, the missing link between gas giant planets like Jupiter and small, …

HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF ASTEROID (511) DAVIDA
MONTEREY, Calif. (September 1st, 2003) A team of scientists from the W.M. Keck Observatory and several other research institutions have …