Cosmic Matters
Keck Observatory Redirects Photons to Save
December 13, 2013
By Andrew Cooper If you have been through Waimea lately, you've probably noticed a great deal of work taking place on the roofs of the W. M. Keck Observatory headquarters buildings, with installers... Read more »
All About ISON
November 14, 2013
By Andrew Cooper Professional and amateur astronomers alike are getting ready for comet C/2012 S1 ISON, possibly the highlight of a year that has already seen several good comets. Comet ISON was... Read more »
Dr. George H. Herbig (1920-2013)
October 14, 2013
Dr. George H. Herbig, astronomer emeritus at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, has died at the age of 93. "George was a giant of... Read more »
Working Retreat Rewards All
September 16, 2013
What did a Waimea Middle School chicken say to the Black Hole? The black hole will never know – sound can’t travel in space. But last week, the two got as close to communicating as ever before... Read more »
Keck Observatory’s Adaptive Optics featured on NPR
June 25, 2013
Jun. 24, 2013 by Joe Palca — For Sharpest Views, Scope The Sky With Quick-Change Mirrors"It used to be that if astronomers wanted to get rid of the blurring effects of the atmosphere, they had to... Read more »
Behind the Lens: An Interview with Dr. Mike Liu
February 4, 2013
In anticipation of Keck Week's Science Meeting, we spent some time with one of the presenters, Dr. Michael Liu to find out what it was like to be an astronomer.What is it like to be “behind the... Read more »
Polynesian Paradox
January 9, 2013
Tropical trade winds kissing swaying palms, fruity mai tais adorned with orchids, and azure waves rhythmically lapping against powder white sand beaches…These are all images that come to mind when... Read more »
Keck captures most detailed images of Uranus ever obtained from Earth
October 24, 2012
These two images of Uranus are composites of 117 images from 25 July 2012 (left) and 118 images from 26 July 2012 (right), all obtained with the near-infrared NIRC2 camera on the Keck II telescope.... Read more »
Dim Gets Ridiculously Dimmer
May 10, 2012
Geese come in gaggles, bass in shoals and a crowd of crows is called a murder. Likewise, there are names for groups of stars. They come in constellations, globular clusters, dwarf galaxies and... Read more »
Galaxies Juggling, Galaxies Square, Galaxies, Galaxies Everywhere
April 16, 2012
Sometimes the universe seems like something from Dr. Seuss. In recent weeks astronomers have demonstrated this by announcing the discovery of juggling galaxies as well as a square, emerald-cut, gem... Read more »
