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Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a …
Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in …
Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way
Maunakea and Haleakalā, Hawaiʻi – It may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are …
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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
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
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
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
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Two decades of monitoring from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi reveals a peculiar cloud …
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
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
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
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
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For nearly two decades, astrophysicists have believed that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) resulted solely from the collapse …
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
Kamuela/Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Compelled by the urgent need to take critical action on the global climate crisis, W. M. Keck …
