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New Catalog Showcases a Diverse Exoplanet Landscape with Strange, Exotic Worlds
A new, robust catalog is out featuring 126 confirmed and candidate exoplanets discovered with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration …
Earth Twin or Evil Twin
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of a planet similar in size to Venus that’s orbiting a star in the neighborhood …
Faintest Known Star System Orbiting the Milky Way Discovered from Hawaiʻi
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers led by the University of Victoria and Yale University has detected an ancient …
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![Astronomers Capture Direct Image of Ancient Galaxy Recycling Gas to Make New Stars](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Gas-Recycling.png)
Astronomers Capture Direct Image of Ancient Galaxy Recycling Gas to Make New Stars
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have found direct evidence showing ancient galaxies were able to sustain star formation by recycling gas …
![First Detection of Radio Waves from a Type Ia Supernova](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Radio-SN_sm.jpg)
First Detection of Radio Waves from a Type Ia Supernova
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers led by Stockholm University has discovered an unusual Type Ia supernova – or …
![A Strange, Solitary Life for Young Stars at the Milky Way's Center](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/S-stars-Orbits.png)
A Strange, Solitary Life for Young Stars at the Milky Way’s Center
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Stars living closest to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way have no …
![Star Eats Planet, Brightens Dramatically](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Death-Star-Blue_md-scaled.jpg)
Star Eats Planet, Brightens Dramatically
Astronomers Spot First Direct Evidence of a Star Engulfing Its Planet Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For the first time, astronomers have …
![CARA Board Announces W. M. Keck Observatory Leadership Change](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wHilton-Lewis-NEW-Headshot-01.png)
CARA Board Announces W. M. Keck Observatory Leadership Change
Director Hilton Lewis to Step Down Rich Matsuda to Serve as Interim Director UC’s Bruce Macintosh and Caltech’s Lynne Hillenbrand …
![New Exoplanet-Hunting Technique Leads to Successful Direct Image of a Super-Jupiter](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Keck-NIRC2-HIP-Exoplanet-Image.png)
New Exoplanet-Hunting Technique Leads to Successful Direct Image of a Super-Jupiter
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have developed a new method for finding exoplanets whose portraits can be taken from Earth using …
![First Ever 3D Map of Messier 87 Galaxy Assembled](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/m87-full_jpg.jpeg)
First Ever 3D Map of Messier 87 Galaxy Assembled
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A UC Berkeley-led team of astronomers has for the first time measured the three-dimensional shape of Messier …
![A Strange Streak of Young Stars is Evidence of a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole, Study Finds](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fRunaway-Black-Hole-Trail.png)
A Strange Streak of Young Stars is Evidence of a Runaway Supermassive Black Hole, Study Finds
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have spotted a candidate supermassive black hole running away from its home galaxy, hurtling through space …
![A Dual Quasar Shines Light on Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course Inside a Galaxy Merger](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dual-Quasar-HST.png)
A Dual Quasar Shines Light on Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course Inside a Galaxy Merger
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have made a rare discovery in the early universe involving two actively feeding supermassive black holes …
![The First Bubble in the Intergalactic Stew](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Fig2_Intergalactic-Stew_Close-Up.jpg)
The First Bubble in the Intergalactic Stew
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astrophysicists using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi have discovered a galaxy protocluster in the …
![Ultracool Dwarf Binary Stars Break Records](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/LP413-53AB-System.png)
Ultracool Dwarf Binary Stars Break Records
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Northwestern University and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) astrophysicists using W. M. Keck …
![The Swansong of a Cloud Approaching the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/X7-NIRC2-AO-Image_Annotated.jpg)
The Swansong of a Cloud Approaching the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Two decades of monitoring from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi reveals a peculiar cloud …