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The W. M. Keck Observatory has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star.

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W. M. Keck Observatory Presents ‘How Stars Destroyed Most of the Atoms in the Universe’ Thursday (May 10) with Dr. Brian Siana of University of California at Riverside. The first galaxies had an extraordinary impact on the young universe. Their ultraviolet light destroyed nearly all of the atoms in the cosmos. This process, called reionization, […]

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Scientists have discovered a planet with an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 times that of the Earth, the planet orbits within a star’s “habitable zone.”

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The three small exoplanets orbit a star called KOI-961. Their radii are calculated to be 78, 73 and 57 percent that of Earth.

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W. M. Keck Observatory Presents Meet The Ice Giants Dr. Heidi B. Hammel Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy The planets Neptune and Uranus host a wealth of strange atmospheric phenomena and unusual interior activity. They are surrounded by odd variable ring systems and a plethora of distinctive moons. Dr. Heidi Hammel will bring […]

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In “Photography of Extrasolar Planets,” Dr. Macintosh will discuss how breakthrough technologies are allowing astronomers to directly image distant worlds beyond our solar system.

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MEDIA RELEASE UH Hilo’s ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i has received a generous donation of $10,000 from the W. M. Keck Observatory. The donation will support visits to the ‘Imiloa Center by K-12 schoolchildren and their teachers, as part of an ambitious two-year program through which ‘Imiloa is arranging programs for all public, charter and […]

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