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Hawaiʻi Telescopes Help Uncover Origins of Castaway Gamma-Ray Bursts
Maunakea Observatories Aid in Revealing That Seemingly Lonely Bursts Came From Previously Undiscovered Galaxies in the Early Universe A number …
![Making the Nearly Invisible, Visible: Astronomers Trace the Gas that Breathes Life into Galaxies](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DLA-Lensed-Galaxy-Data-Image.jpg)
Making the Nearly Invisible, Visible: Astronomers Trace the Gas that Breathes Life into Galaxies
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi— Astronomers have developed a groundbreaking new method of seeing the massive, but barely visible gas tanks that fuel …
!["Black Widow" Star Devours Its Rapidly Circling Companion](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Black_Widow_Pulsar_persp-WEB.original.jpg)
“Black Widow” Star Devours Its Rapidly Circling Companion
Finding Represents the Shortest-period Black Widow Binary Found to Date Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – In black widow star systems, a rapidly …
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Astronomers Discover Widest Separation of Brown Dwarf Pair to Date
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwarfs that has the widest separation …
![Surprisingly High Fraction of Dead Galaxies Found in Ancient Galactic City](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MAGAZ3NE-J0959-Galaxies.jpg)
Surprisingly High Fraction of Dead Galaxies Found in Ancient Galactic City
Why Cluster’s Galaxies are Unlike Those in All the Other Known Protoclusters is a Mystery, says UC Riverside-led Team Maunakea, …
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Saturn’s High-altitude Winds Generate Extraordinary Aurorae, Study Finds
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fueling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn. A University of Leicester-led …
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Puffy Planets Lose Atmospheres, Become Super-Earths
Finding Represents First Detections of Atmospheric Loss in “Mini-Neptunes” Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have identified two different cases of “mini-Neptune” …
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Newly-Found Planets On The Edge Of Destruction
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Three newly-discovered planets have been orbiting dangerously close to stars nearing the end of their lives. Out …
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Astronomers Witness a Dying Star Reach Its Explosive End
Two Hawai’i Telescopes Capture a Massive Star Moments Before Going Supernova Haleakalā and Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For the very first …
![Rocky Exoplanets Are Even Stranger Than We Thought](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rocky-Exoplanets-Edit-Web.png)
Rocky Exoplanets Are Even Stranger Than We Thought
A New Astrogeology Study Suggests That Most Nearby Rocky Exoplanets Are Quite Unlike Anything in Our Solar System Maunakea, Hawaiʻi …
![Infant Planet Discovered by UH-Led Team Using Maunakea Telescopes](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Picture1-1.png)
Infant Planet Discovered by UH-Led Team Using Maunakea Telescopes
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an …
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A Crystal Ball Into Our Solar System’s Future
Giant Gas Planet Orbiting a Dead Star Gives Glimpse Into the Predicted Aftermath of our Sun’s Demise Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – …