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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 »
Smallest Solar System Found
January 9, 2012
KAMUELA, HI – For years the search for exoplanets has largely been like Gulliver’s visit to Brobdingnag: colossal systems of giant gas planets orbiting mammoth stars. But astronomers have finally... Read more »
