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HAWAII STUDENTS STAND ON SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

HAWAII STUDENTS STAND ON SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

KAMUELA, Hawaii (June 30th, 2004) In a science lab deep in a basement on the University of Hawaii-Hilo campus, 17 …
SCIENTIST FROM UH HELPS NASA GET PHOTOS OF ‘WILD 2’

SCIENTIST FROM UH HELPS NASA GET PHOTOS OF ‘WILD 2’

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (April 6th, 2004) A University of Hawaii astronomer’s observations with the Keck telescope on Mauna Kea enabled …
HUBBLE AND KECK TEAM UP TO FIND FARTHEST KNOWN GALAXY

HUBBLE AND KECK TEAM UP TO FIND FARTHEST KNOWN GALAXY

KAMUELA, Hawaii (February 15th, 2004) A team of astronomers may have discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe. Located …
BIGGEST, BRIGHTEST, HOTTEST STAR-FORMING REGION FOUND

BIGGEST, BRIGHTEST, HOTTEST STAR-FORMING REGION FOUND

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (October 30th, 2003) A serendipitous discovery has given astronomers, for the first time, the ability to study …
LASER GUIDE STAR AVAILABLE FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS

LASER GUIDE STAR AVAILABLE FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS

KAMUELA, Hawaii (October 7th, 2003) A major milestone in astronomical history took place last month at the W.M. Keck Observatory …
KECK INTERFEROMETER BREAKS GALACTIC BARRIER

KECK INTERFEROMETER BREAKS GALACTIC BARRIER

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (October 1st, 2003) A galaxy far beyond our own Milky Way, with a monstrous, churning black hole …
UCLA OBTAINS MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTS FOR CELESTIAL BROWN DWARFS

UCLA OBTAINS MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTS FOR CELESTIAL BROWN DWARFS

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (September 3rd, 2003) Elusive brown dwarfs, the missing link between gas giant planets like Jupiter and small, …
HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF ASTEROID (511) DAVIDA

HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF ASTEROID (511) DAVIDA

MONTEREY, Calif. (September 1st, 2003) A team of scientists from the W.M. Keck Observatory and several other research institutions have …
Keck Interferometer MAKES DEBUT DISCOVERY

Keck Interferometer MAKES DEBUT DISCOVERY

KAMUELA, Hawaii (July 1st, 2003) Astronomers have observed a young star ringed by a swirling disc that may spin off …
NEW EVIDENCE FOUND ABOUT UNIVERSE’S HEAVIEST PHASE OF STAR FORMATION

NEW EVIDENCE FOUND ABOUT UNIVERSE’S HEAVIEST PHASE OF STAR FORMATION

PASADENA, Calif. (April 16th, 2003) New distance measurements from faraway galaxies further strengthen the view that the strongest burst of …
KECK OBSERVATORY’S PREMIER PLANET-HUNTING MACHINE IS GETTING EVEN BETTER

KECK OBSERVATORY’S PREMIER PLANET-HUNTING MACHINE IS GETTING EVEN BETTER

SEATTLE, Washington (January 6th, 2003) The world’s best planet-hunting machine, the Keck High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer, will be getting even …
METHANE CLOUDS DISCOVERED AT THE SOUTH POLE OF TITAN

METHANE CLOUDS DISCOVERED AT THE SOUTH POLE OF TITAN

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (December 18th, 2002) Teams of astronomers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California …