News and Information
Welcome to the News and Information page. Here you can find information about important research taking place at the W. M. Keck Observatory.

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- High Resolution Images of Milky Way's Galactic Center December 2005
- Keck Releases Data of Gamma Ray Burst 051111November 2005
- New Results Show Expansion Rate of the Universe is Increasing November 2005
- Hudson Foundation Invests $75,000 in Keck Observatory November 2005
- Moon Discovered Orbiting 10th Planet (2003 UB313) October 2005
- NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets September 2005
- 'Deep Impact': Mauna Kea's Giant Eyes Reunite Comet Families September 2005
- Debbie Goodwin Appointed Director of Advancement August 2005
- Record of Decision Issued for Outrigger Telescopes Project July 2005
- World With Triple Sunsets Discovered July 2005
- Public Invited to Deep Impact Event July 2005
- First Rocky Planet Found Outside the Solar System June 2005
- Hot on the Trail of Nature's Exotic FlashersMay 2005
- Andromeda Three Times Bigger in Diameter than Previously Thought May 2005
- Infrared Flash Challenges Old Notion of Nature's Biggest Bang May 2005
- Keck and Spitzer Find First Stars in Distant Galaxies April 2005
- Keck Images of Titan Before Third Cassini Fly-By February 2005
- Afterglow from Two 'Swift' Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected February 2005
- Saturn's Strange Hot Spot February 2005
- Huygens Probe Arrives at Saturn January 2005
- Divinging the Source of the Water-Fountain Nebula January 2005
- Keck Captures New View of Distant Colliding Galaxies January 2005
- New Clouds Add to Titan's Mystery December 2004
- Pictures of Uranus Are The Best View From the Ground November 2004
- Polaroid Sunglasses Give Astronomers a Closer Look at Black Holes November 2004
- Mystery Object Neither Star Nor Brown Dwarf October 2004
- Laser Vision Gives New Eyes to Keck Telescope September 2004
- Keck Brings 'Journey through the Universe' to Hawaii September 2004
- Keck Science Meeting on September 17September 2004
- Keck Finds A New Class of Extrasolar Planets August 2004
- Keck Confirms Transit Planet Detection TrES-1 August 2004
- Sharp Image of a Circumstellar Disk Reveals Signs of Young Planets August 2004
- Hawaii Students Stand on Shoulders of Giants August 2004
- NASA Announces Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement August 2004
- Keck Telescope Helps NASA Get Photos of Wild 2 April 2004
- Hubble and Keck Team Up to Find Farthest Known Galaxy February 2004