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Unexplained Brightness from Colossal Explosion

Unexplained Brightness from Colossal Explosion

Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have discovered the brightest infrared light from a short gamma-ray burst ever seen, with a bizarre …
Galaxies In The Infant Universe Were Surprisingly Mature

Galaxies In The Infant Universe Were Surprisingly Mature

Maunakea, Hawaii – In the first and largest multi-wavelength survey of distant galaxies in the early universe ever conducted, an …
Active volcanoes feed Io’s sulfurous atmosphere

Active volcanoes feed Io’s sulfurous atmosphere

Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have made a breakthrough in understanding how volcanic activity directly affects the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon …
Anemic Star Cluster Breaks Metal-poor Record

Anemic Star Cluster Breaks Metal-poor Record

Maunakea, Hawaii – In a surprising discovery, astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories – W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope …
Unraveling a Spiral Stream of Dusty Embers from a Massive Binary Stellar Forge

Unraveling a Spiral Stream of Dusty Embers from a Massive Binary Stellar Forge

Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers using three Maunakea Observatories have discovered one of the most prolific dust-making Wolf-Rayet star systems known, …
Rare Encounters Between Cosmic Heavyweights

Rare Encounters Between Cosmic Heavyweights

Maunakea Observatories Discover Three Pairs of Merging Supermassive Black Holes Maunakea, Hawaii – A cosmic dance between two merging galaxies, …
100 Cool Worlds Found Near The Sun

100 Cool Worlds Found Near The Sun

Citizen Scientists Help Locate Some Of The Coolest Brown Dwarfs Ever Discovered Maunakea, Hawaii – How complete is our census …
Calcium-Rich Supernova Examined With X-Rays For First Time

Calcium-Rich Supernova Examined With X-Rays For First Time

Unprecedented Observations Shine Light On A Compact Star’s Final Moments Maunakea, Hawaii – Most of the calcium in the universe, …
Surprisingly Young Galaxy Breaks Low-Oxygen Record

Surprisingly Young Galaxy Breaks Low-Oxygen Record

Rare, Extremely Metal-Poor Nearby Galaxy Discovered With Machine Learning Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories – Subaru Telescope …
Maunakea Observatories' Quick Reflexes Capture Fleeting Flash

Maunakea Observatories’ Quick Reflexes Capture Fleeting Flash

The International Gemini Observatory and W. M. Keck Observatory Catch Short Gamma-Ray Burst Within Hours Maunakea, Hawai‘i – Astronomers have …
Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe

Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe

The Second-most Distant Quasar Ever Discovered Now Has a Hawaiian Name Maunakea, Hawai‘i – Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant …
Astronomers Find Cosmic Golden Needle Buried for Two Decades; Discovery Sheds New Light on Famous Einstein Ring

Astronomers Find Cosmic Golden Needle Buried for Two Decades; Discovery Sheds New Light on Famous Einstein Ring

Social Distance Science Made Possible with Public W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA Archive Data Maunakea, Hawaii – Determined to …