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The Keck Cosmic Reionization Mapper
December 14, 2017 | Cosmic Matters
Completing the World’s Most Capable Spectroscopic ImagerThe design for the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) includes two separate channels... -
Keck Visiting Scholars Program
December 13, 2017 | Cosmic Matters
The Keck Visiting Scholars Program aims to inspire and develop the next generation of scientists and instrumentalists by providing hands-on... -
A New Spin to Solving Mystery of Stellar Companions
December 4, 2017 | News
Researchers Measure the Spin Rates of Bodies Thought to be Either Planets or Tiny "Failed" StarsMaunakea, Hawaii - Taking a picture of an exoplanet—a planet in a solar... -
Newly Discovered Twin Planets Could Solve Puffy Planet Mystery
November 27, 2017 | News
Maunakea, Hawaii - Since astronomers first measured the size of an extrasolar planet seventeen years ago, they have struggled to answer the question: how did the largest... -
Keck Observatory Open House 2017
November 11, 2017 | Cosmic Matters
FAMILIES STEP INTO "PORTAL TO THE UNIVERSE" Community Invited to Experience the Cosmos at W. M. Keck Observatory Open House Waimea, Hawaii... -
Astronomers Discover A Star That Would Not Die
November 8, 2017 | News
Supernova Discovery Challenges Known Theories of the Death of StarsMaunakea, Hawaii – An international team of astronomers led by Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) has made a... -
W. M. Keck Observatory Chief Scientist Appointed to National Science Foundation
November 1, 2017 | Cosmic Matters
W. M. Keck Observatory Congratulates Chief Scientist Anne Kinney on New Appointment with National Science Foundation Kinney to Head NSF... -
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...