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Astronomers Go Infrared to Map Brightest Galaxies in Universe
December 14, 2012
Kamuela, Hawaii – A group of astronomers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the U.S. Mainland, Canada, and Europe recently used the twin telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea,... Read more »
Keck Week 2013 Commemorates W.M. Keck Observatory’s 20th Anniversary
December 11, 2012
Kamuela, Hawaii– This Spring, the W. M. Keck Observatory is throwing a weeklong party called Keck Week 2013, to celebrate the observatory’s first twenty years of high-impact, game-changing... Read more »
Swinburne Team on Keck Discovers Farthest Supernova Ever
November 1, 2012
Kamuela, Hawaii – Two ‘super-luminous’ supernovae — stellar explosions 10–100 times brighter than other supernova types — have been detected in the distant Universe, using the W.M. Keck... Read more »
Keck confirms: Armchair astronomers find planet in four-star system
October 19, 2012
Kamuela, Hawaii --- A joint effort of citizen scientists and professional astronomers at W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has led to the first reported case of a Tatooine-like planet orbiting twin... Read more »
Astronomers at Keck Upend Galaxy Evolution Theory
October 19, 2012
Kamuela, Hawaii -- A comprehensive study of hundreds of galaxies observed by the Keck telescopes in Hawaii and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an unexpected pattern of change that... Read more »
Adaptive Optics allows Earth-based monitoring of Io’s Fiery show
October 18, 2012
Kamuela, Hawaii – Watching active volcanic eruptions should be done from a safe distance, and a group of California researchers has figured out how to do it from, ironically, Mauna Kea – one of... Read more »
Astronomers Map Dark Matter Filament
October 17, 2012
Kamuela, Hawaii -- Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other telescopes on Mauna Kea have studied a giant filament of dark matter in 3D for the first time.... Read more »
UCLA astronomers at Keck Observatory discover pivotal star to test Einstein’s theory
October 4, 2012
Today, UCLA astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory reported the discovery of a remarkable star that orbits the enormous black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy in a blistering... Read more »
Keck Observatory Astronomer Wins Top Award
January 20, 2012
A Keck Observatory astronomer who led the way to the discovery of a super-massive black hole at the center of our galaxy has been recognized this week with the 2012 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy, an... Read more »
Most Distant Dwarf Galaxy Detected
January 18, 2012
Kamuela, HI—Scientists have long struggled to detect the dim dwarf galaxies that orbit our own galaxy. So it came as a surprise on Jan. 18 when a team of astronomers using Keck II telescope’s... Read more »
