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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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![New Aurorae Detected on Jupiter's Four Largest Moons](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Io-Aurorae.jpg)
New Aurorae Detected on Jupiter’s Four Largest Moons
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi have discovered that aurorae at visible wavelengths …
![W. M. Keck Observatory Launches Electrician Apprenticeship Program for Hawaiʻi Community College Students](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wElectrician-Apprenticeship-02_Credit-Pajo.jpg)
W. M. Keck Observatory Launches Electrician Apprenticeship Program for Hawaiʻi Community College Students
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island — W. M. Keck Observatory in collaboration with Hawaiʻi Community College is excited to announce a new …
![Astronomers Snap First Confirmed Direct Image of a Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Star in the Hyades Cluster](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apjlac772ff1_hr.jpeg)
Astronomers Snap First Confirmed Direct Image of a Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Star in the Hyades Cluster
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories in Hawaiʻi – W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru …
![A Pair of Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy Merger](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Black-Holes-Dining_KECK-J.jpeg)
A Pair of Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy Merger
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – While studying a nearby pair of merging galaxies, scientists discovered two supermassive black holes growing simultaneously near …
![Surprise Kilonova Upends Established Understanding of Long Gamma-ray Bursts](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wGRB211211Apt.png)
Surprise Kilonova Upends Established Understanding of Long Gamma-ray Bursts
Long Gamma-ray Bursts Can Be Generated by Neutron Star Mergers, Study Finds Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For nearly two decades, astrophysicists …
![NASA Releases New JWST and W. M. Keck Observatory Images of Titan, Saturn’s Moon](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Keck_2022Nov07_RGB_unannotated.png)
NASA Releases New JWST and W. M. Keck Observatory Images of Titan, Saturn’s Moon
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – From space with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and on the ground with the W. M …
![W. M. Keck Observatory Sets Climate Action Goal: Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2035](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/3.Ioniq-5.jpg)
W. M. Keck Observatory Sets Climate Action Goal: Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2035
Kamuela/Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Compelled by the urgent need to take critical action on the global climate crisis, W. M. Keck …
![Tracing the Origins of Rare, Cosmic Explosions](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wGRBs_cropped1.jpg)
Tracing the Origins of Rare, Cosmic Explosions
Astronomers Produce the Most Robust Catalog to Date of Short Gamma-Ray Burst Hosts Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers …
![W. M. Keck Observatory Achieves First Light with Keck Planet Finder](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wKeck-Planet-Finder-Instrument.png)
W. M. Keck Observatory Achieves First Light with Keck Planet Finder
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A new planet-hunting instrument at W. M. Keck Observatory has achieved “first light,” capturing its first data …
![New Record: Nearest Known Black Hole to Earth Discovered](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wkareem_overview_v3_d.png)
New Record: Nearest Known Black Hole to Earth Discovered
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories, W. M. Keck Observatory and the Gemini North telescope, have found the …
![Massive Stars' Blasts Hitting Orion's "Sword" Mapped in Unprecedented Detail Using Hawaiʻi Telescope](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wOrion-PDR_Keck-Image_Unannotated.jpg)
Massive Stars’ Blasts Hitting Orion’s “Sword” Mapped in Unprecedented Detail Using Hawaiʻi Telescope
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island have captured from Maunakea the most detailed and …
![Heaviest Neutron Star to Date is a 'Black Widow' Eating its Mate](https://www.keckobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cruz_dewilde-bwpulsar_pulsarcam.00300_1.jpg)
Heaviest Neutron Star to Date is a ‘Black Widow’ Eating its Mate
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per second — making it one of the fastest spinning …