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Surprisingly Young Galaxy Breaks Low-Oxygen Record
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories – Subaru Telescope and W. M. Keck Observatory – combined with the …
Maunakea Observatories’ Quick Reflexes Capture Fleeting Flash
Maunakea, Hawai‘i – Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant confirmed short gamma-ray burst (SGRB) ever studied using two Maunakea Observatories …
Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe
Maunakea, Hawai‘i – Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant quasar ever found using three Maunakea Observatories in Hawai‘i: W. M …
Astronomers Find Cosmic Golden Needle Buried for Two Decades; Discovery Sheds New Light on Famous Einstein Ring
Maunakea, Hawaii – Determined to find a needle in a cosmic haystack, a pair of astronomers time traveled through archives …
Zooming in on the Origins of Fast Radio Bursts
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have peered into the home galaxies of fast radio bursts, ruling out supermassive black holes as …
The ‘Cow’ Mystery Strikes Back: Two More Rare, Explosive Events Captured
Maunakea, Hawaii – The ‘Cow’ is not alone; with the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, …
Astronomers See ‘Cosmic Ring of Fire,’ 11 Billion Years Ago
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have captured an image of a super rare type of galaxy – described as a “cosmic …
Astronomers Confirm Existence of Two Giant Newborn Planets in PDS 70 System
Maunakea, Hawaii – New evidence shows the first-ever pictures capturing the birth of a pair of planets orbiting the star …
Hawaii Astronomers Help Decipher Rhythm Among Young Stars
Maunakea, Hawaii – By “listening” to the “beating hearts” of stars, an international team of astronomers, including researchers from the …
Newly Discovered Exoplanet Dethrones Former King of Kepler-88 Planetary System
Maunakea, Hawaii – Our solar system has a king. The planet Jupiter, named for the most powerful god in the …
Astronomers Catch Rare Eclipse of a Double Brown Dwarf System
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers working on “first light” data from a newly commissioned telescope in Chile made a chance discovery …
Distant Giant Planets Form Differently Than ‘Failed Stars’
Maunakea, Hawaii – A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed …
