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Researchers: Planets the size of Earth are common

MEDIA RELEASE A team of astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Hawaii at Manoa has found that 17 percent of all sun-like stars have planets 1 to 2 times the diameter of Earth in close orbits. The finding, based on an analysis of the first three years of data from […]

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Keck, Magellan, Hubble find galactic recyclers

Keck, Magellan, Hubble find galactic recyclers

MEDIA RELEASE The secret of longevity is recycling, at least for galaxies, say astronomers who have used a trio of the world’s best telescopes to study the uncharted space around vibrant star-birthing galaxies and their not-so-vibrant siblings. Galaxies learned to “go green” early in the history of the universe, continuously recycling immense volumes of hydrogen […]

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Keck II telescope finds heart of darkness

Keck II telescope finds heart of darkness

MEDIA RELEASE Astronomers using the 10-meter Keck II telescope in Hawaii have confirmed in a new paper that a troupe of about 1,000 small, dim stars just outside the Milky Way comprise the darkest known galaxy, as well as something else: a treasure trove of ancient stars. By “dark” astronomers are not referring to how […]

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Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have identified the smallest known binary system to date.

Keck Telescope confirms smallest known star duo

Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have identified the smallest known binary system to date.

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Shedding light on dark gamma ray bursts from Keck

Shedding light on dark gamma ray bursts from Keck

  MEDIA RELEASE/NASA Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s biggest explosions, capable of producing so much light that ground-based telescopes easily detect it billions of light-years away.  Yet, for more than a decade, astronomers have puzzled over the nature of so-called dark bursts, which produce gamma rays and X-rays but little or no visible light.  They […]

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