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How Two Ground-based Telescopes Support NASA’s Cassini Mission
September 11, 2017 | Cosmic Matters
Maunakea, Hawaii - When NASA’s Cassini spacecraft plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn on Sept. 15, ending its 20 years of exploration,... -
NASA Awards New Cooperative Agreement to W. M. Keck Observatory
September 8, 2017 | News
Maunakea, Hawaii - NASA has awarded a five-year Cooperative Agreement with the California Association for Research in Astronomy to continue the science program at the W. M.... -
Astronomy Talk: Black Holes Last Tango in Space
August 10, 2017 | Cosmic Videos
The first direct detections of gravitational waves in late 2015 were made possible by a dedicated... -
Four Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting the Nearest Sun-Like Star
August 9, 2017 | News
Maunakea, Hawaii– A new study by an international team of astronomers reveals that Tau Ceti, the nearest Sun-like star about 12 light years away from the Sun, has four... -
New Storm Makes Surprise Appearance on Neptune
August 2, 2017 | Cosmic Matters
Extremely large, bright storm system caught on camera at W. M. Keck ObservatoryMaunakea, Hawaii – Striking images of a storm system nearly the... -
Scientists Get Best Measure of Star-Forming Material in Galaxy Clusters in Early Universe
July 26, 2017 | News
Maunakea, Hawaii– The international Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence Cluster Survey (SpARCS) collaboration based at the University of California, Riverside has... -
Astronomy Talk: Habitability of Our Universe
July 6, 2017 | Cosmic Videos
Is life most likely to emerge at the present cosmic time near a star like the Sun? Dr. Loeb will... -
“Little Cub” Gives Astronomers Rare Chance to See Galaxy’s Demise
July 4, 2017 | News
Maunakea, Hawaii– Astronomers have spotted a primitive galaxy being devoured by a gigantic neighboring galaxy – a discovery that could provide clues about the early... -
Unexpected Classification of Exoplanets Discovered
June 19, 2017 | News
Two Distinct “Species” of Exoplanets Illuminated using W. M. Keck Observatory DataMaunakea, Hawaii – Since the mid-1990s, when the first planet around another sun-like... -
Astronomers Prove What Separates True Stars from Wannabes
June 5, 2017 | News
Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers have shown what separates real stars from the wannabes. Not in Hollywood, but out in the universe. “When we look up and see the stars...