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NASA, Caltech Astronomers find potential energy supply for life on Europa

MEDIA RELEASE Observations of Europa from the W. M. Keck Observatory help NASA and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomers go one step further in demonstrating life may be possible in the ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons. In addition to the known existence of water, a paper published today shows hydrogen peroxide is abundant […]

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Astronomers open window into Europa’s ocean

MEDIA RELEASE With data collected from the mighty W. M. Keck Observatory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomer Mike Brown — known as the Pluto killer for discovering a Kuiper-belt object that led to the demotion of Pluto from planetary status — and Kevin Hand from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have found the strongest […]

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Live webcast from Keck Observatory (Sept. 15)

Live webcast from Keck Observatory (Sept. 15)

MEDIA RELEASE * How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming: A lecture by Caltech’s Dr. Mike Brown 7 p.m. (Hawaii time), Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 There are now almost 6,000 members of Keck Nation around the world, which means most can’t attend our public lectures in Hawaii. Now, for the first time, […]

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