W. M. Keck Observatory Science Spotlight
Hypervelocity Star Speeding Across the Milky Way A rare star in our galaxy is racing across the sky at an...
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New NASA Exoplanet Catalog Features Diverse Worlds
New NASA Exoplanet Catalog Features Diverse Worlds From rare worlds with extreme environments to ones that could possibly support life,...
Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way Hawaiʻi telescopes investigate newly-discovered hypervelocity star spotted by citizen scientists
Maunakea and Haleakalā, Hawaiʻi – It may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are moving,...
Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision Two Maunakea Observatories help provide a unique look at how this matter decoupling proceeds
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters’ vast clouds...
NASA awards contract to UH worth up to $85.5M — extending Maunakea telescope’s role in planetary defense network
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/07/11/hawaii-news/nasa-awards-contract-to-uh-worth-up-to-85-5m-extending-maunakea-telescopes-role-in-planetary-defense-network/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole
From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole July 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Guest Speaker Andrea...
Maunakea telescopes detect light from merging quasars
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/06/17/hawaii-news/maunakea-telescopes-detect-light-from-merging-quasars/
STARS Program open to high school girls this summer
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/06/07/hawaii-news/stars-program-open-to-high-school-girls-this-summer/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
New Catalog Showcases a Diverse Exoplanet Landscape with Strange, Exotic Worlds
New Catalog Showcases a Diverse Exoplanet Landscape with Strange, Exotic Worlds NASA TESS-Keck Survey is the single largest uniform analysis...
Earth Twin or Evil Twin
Earth Twin or Evil Twin Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of a planet similar in size to Venus that’s orbiting a...
Astronomy Talk: Exploring The Pluto System And Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth With NASA’s New Horizons
Astronomy Talk: Exploring The Pluto System And Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth With NASA’s New Horizons WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30, 2023 07:00...
Faintest Known Star System Orbiting The Milky Way Discovered From Hawaiʻi
Faintest Known Star System Orbiting The Milky Way Discovered From Hawaiʻi Posted March 28, 2024 AN IMAGE OF UMA3/U1, A...
A Hundred Million Suns
A Hundred Million Suns Posted March 27, 2024 SN 2023IXF OCCURRED IN A SPIRAL ARM OF THE PINWHEEL GALAXY NEAR...
Good news and bad news for astronomers’ biggest dream
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/12/hawaii-news/good-news-and-bad-news-for-astronomers-biggest-dream/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Odysseus mission deemed mostly a success
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/03/03/hawaii-news/odysseus-mission-deemed-mostly-a-success/
Big Island astronomers laud success of lunar mission
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/02/23/hawaii-news/big-island-astronomers-laud-success-of-lunar-mission/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Journey Through the Universe celebrates milestone
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/01/28/hawaii-news/journey-through-the-universe-celebrates-milestone/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Officials want Hawaii to be relevant in space again
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/01/23/hawaii-news/officials-want-hawaii-to-be-relevant-in-space-again/
An Exoplanet With a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail
An Exoplanet With a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail New W. M. Keck Observatory data confirms exoplanet WASP-69b, known for its escaping atmosphere,...
WASP-69b: New Images Reveal Exoplanet’s Comet-Like Tail Is Surprisingly Longer Than Previously Observed
Posted January 9, 2024 AN ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF EXOPLANET WASP-69B ORBITING ITS HOST STAR. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko...
