Keck Telescope
Astronomers set a new Record and Find the Farthest Galaxy. Its Light Took 13.4 Billion Years to Reach us
Since time immemorial, philosophers and scholars have contemplated the beginning of time and even tried to determine when all things…
Astronomers Are Sure These Are Two Newborn Planets Orbiting a Distant Star
Planet formation is a notoriously difficult thing to observe. Nascent planets are ensconced inside dusty wombs that resist our best…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 3, 2017: Meredith Rawls & the LSST
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Meredith Rawls Meredith is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the…
New Poll Shows 2-1 Margin Of Support From Hawaiians For Thirty Meter Telescope
A new poll has shown that opposition to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope - which was originally scheduled…
The Dwarf Planet Ceres
Located in the Solar System's Main Asteroid Belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is the dwarf planet Ceres,…
Live Webcast as Keck Telescope Attempts Images of Asteroid 2005 YU55
Astronomers from the Keck Telescope in Hawaii will be trying to observe Asteroid 2005 YU55 as it flies away from…
Planetary Pinball – Uranus Gets The “Tilt”
[/caption] Popular theory on how Uranus ended up with a highly eccentric axis has always been pretty standard - one…