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‘Blue Needle’ Presents New Challenge for Theorists
Mauna Kea (July 19th, 2007) Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study disks …
Astronomers Find Most Distant Known Galaxies
Pasadena, Calif. (July 10th, 2007) Using natural “gravitational lenses,” an international team of astronomers claim to have found the first …
Astronomers Measure Mass of Largest Dwarf Planet
Baltimore (June 14th, 2007) W. M. Keck Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have teamed up to precisely measure the …
‘OLYMPIAN GALAXY’ NEAR ANDROMEDA GIVES CLUES TO HOW GALAXIES FORM
Honolulu (May 28th, 2007) A newly discovered dwarf galaxy in the Local Group has been found to have formed in …
Adaptive optics pinpoints two supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies
Santa Cruz (May 17th, 2007) Astronomers have used powerful adaptive optics technology at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii …
Brightest Supernova Ever Seen
Berkeley (May 7th, 2007) An exploding star first observed last September is the largest and most luminous supernova ever seen, …
“Red Square” Captured by Palomar and Keck Telescopes
Pasadena (April 11th, 2007) Astronomers announced the arrival of a new member in the pantheon of exotically beautiful celestial objects …
Fundamental Property of Galaxies Discovered at W. M. Keck Observatory
Kamuela (March 6th, 2007) A new study using data collected by the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has revealed …
‘Comet Galaxy’ Ripped Apart by Galaxy Cluster
Garching, Germany (March 2nd, 2007) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with several other ground- and space-based telescopes including …
Earthquake Update from W. M. Keck Observatory
Kamuela (February 28th, 2007) The Observatory has returned to standard operating procedures after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the west …
Large Survey Identifies Young Binaries To Test Models Of Star Formation
Seattle (January 10th, 2007) Results from the largest survey of its kind conducted at the W. M. Keck Observatory in …
First Planet-Forming Disk Found in the Environment of a Dying Star
Seattle (January 9th, 2007) Astronomers generally assume that the dusty disks where planets form are found around young stars in …
