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Merging Galaxies Illuminate the Cosmic Food Chain
June 30, 2014 | News
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – Scientists studying a ‘twin’ of the Milky Way have used the W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Observatory to accurately model how it is swallowing... -
Astronomy Talk: First Light in the Universe, The End of the Cosmic Dark Ages
June 19, 2014 | Cosmic Videos
This Cosmic Video was produced from the June 19, 2014 Astronomy Talk given at Kahilu Theatre. The... -
Ancient Worlds from Another Galaxy Discovered Next Door
June 3, 2014 | News
MAUNA KEA, HI -- An international team of scientists, led by astronomers at Queen Mary University of London, report of two new planets orbiting Kapteyn’s star, one of the... -
Astronomy Talk: Zooming into the Center of our Galaxy with Keck Observatory
May 20, 2014 | Cosmic Videos
This Cosmic Video was produced from the May 28, 2014 Astronomy Talk given at Kahilu Theatre. The... -
Planet Found with an 80,000-Year Orbit
May 14, 2014 | News
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII – A team of researchers has discovered and photographed a gas giant only 155 light years from our solar system, adding to the short list of exoplanets... -
The New York Times Profiles Geoff Marcy
May 14, 2014 | Cosmic Matters
The following is an excerpt from The New York Times. Click on link below to see full story."BERKELEY, CALIF. — Last summer a homely room in... -
Building the Mighty Keck Observatory
April 29, 2014 | Cosmic Videos
In 1985, construction began on what was to become, and still remain, the biggest optical/infrared... -
First Potentially Habitable Earth-Sized Planet Confirmed by Keck and Gemini Observatories
April 17, 2014 | News
The first Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of another star has been confirmed by observations with both the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Gemini... -
Total Lunar Eclipse
April 14, 2014 | Cosmic Matters
Waimea, Hawaii—Hawaii Fans of Keck Observatory are in prime position to view a total lunar eclipse tonight—one of two expected this... -
Evenings with Astronomers: Solving the Mysteries of Dark Matter
April 9, 2014 | Cosmic Videos
The possibility that something unseen but important exists in our universe is an idea that is both...