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![A Dual Quasar Shines Light on Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course Inside a Galaxy Merger](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dual-Quasar-HST.png)
A Dual Quasar Shines Light on Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course Inside a Galaxy Merger
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have made a rare discovery in the early universe involving two actively feeding supermassive black holes …
![The First Bubble in the Intergalactic Stew](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Fig2_Intergalactic-Stew_Close-Up.jpg)
The First Bubble in the Intergalactic Stew
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astrophysicists using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi have discovered a galaxy protocluster in the …
![Ultracool Dwarf Binary Stars Break Records](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/LP413-53AB-System.png)
Ultracool Dwarf Binary Stars Break Records
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Northwestern University and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) astrophysicists using W. M. Keck …
![The Swansong of a Cloud Approaching the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/X7-NIRC2-AO-Image_Annotated.jpg)
The Swansong of a Cloud Approaching the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Two decades of monitoring from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi reveals a peculiar cloud …
![New Aurorae Detected on Jupiter's Four Largest Moons](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Io-Aurorae.jpg)
New Aurorae Detected on Jupiter’s Four Largest Moons
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi have discovered that aurorae at visible wavelengths …
![Astronomers Snap First Confirmed Direct Image of a Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Star in the Hyades Cluster](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apjlac772ff1_hr.jpeg)
Astronomers Snap First Confirmed Direct Image of a Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Star in the Hyades Cluster
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories in Hawaiʻi – W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru …
![A Pair of Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy Merger](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Black-Holes-Dining_KECK-J.jpeg)
A Pair of Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy Merger
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – While studying a nearby pair of merging galaxies, scientists discovered two supermassive black holes growing simultaneously near …
![Surprise Kilonova Upends Established Understanding of Long Gamma-ray Bursts](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wGRB211211Apt.png)
Surprise Kilonova Upends Established Understanding of Long Gamma-ray Bursts
Long Gamma-ray Bursts Can Be Generated by Neutron Star Mergers, Study Finds Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For nearly two decades, astrophysicists …
![Tracing the Origins of Rare, Cosmic Explosions](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wGRBs_cropped1.jpg)
Tracing the Origins of Rare, Cosmic Explosions
Astronomers Produce the Most Robust Catalog to Date of Short Gamma-Ray Burst Hosts Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers …
![New Record: Nearest Known Black Hole to Earth Discovered](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wkareem_overview_v3_d.png)
New Record: Nearest Known Black Hole to Earth Discovered
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories, W. M. Keck Observatory and the Gemini North telescope, have found the …
![Massive Stars' Blasts Hitting Orion's "Sword" Mapped in Unprecedented Detail Using Hawaiʻi Telescope](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wOrion-PDR_Keck-Image_Unannotated.jpg)
Massive Stars’ Blasts Hitting Orion’s “Sword” Mapped in Unprecedented Detail Using Hawaiʻi Telescope
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island have captured from Maunakea the most detailed and …
![Heaviest Neutron Star to Date is a 'Black Widow' Eating its Mate](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cruz_dewilde-bwpulsar_pulsarcam.00300_1.jpg)
Heaviest Neutron Star to Date is a ‘Black Widow’ Eating its Mate
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per second — making it one of the fastest spinning …