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Surprise: Earth-sized Planets Are Common
January 9, 2013
Kamuela, Hawaii – A team of astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Hawaii at Manoa has found that 17 percent of all sun-like stars have planets one to two... Read more »
Surprise Pancake Structure in Andromeda Galaxy Upends Galactic Understanding
January 2, 2013
Kamuela, Hawaii – Astronomers using the Canada-France-Hawaii and W. M. Keck Observatory telescopes on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii have been amazed to find a group of dwarf galaxies moving in... Read more »
FOUND: One Planet Orbiting Sun-like Star. Only Twelve Light Years Away. May Be Habitable.
December 18, 2012
An international team of astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory and other telescopes, has discovered that Tau Ceti, one of the closest and most Sun-like stars, may host five planets – with... Read more »
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 »
