Importantly, Andromeda XII lies significantly behind M31 as viewed from the Milky Way, ... one of two 10-meter telescopes the W. M. Keck Observatory operates on the summit of Mauna Kea, ...

Dots are color coded according to their velocity relative to the Milky Way, as measured using the DEIMOS spectrograph on the Keck II telescope. The center of M31 is moving towards us at 300 km/s, ...

Keck Observatory telescopes are shown on Mauna Kea. The controversy led to the creation of the state’s Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, which was enacted in 2022 and tasked with ...

The Keck Cosmic Reionization Mapper (KCRM) at the W.M. Keck Observatory atop Maunakea summit in Hawaiʻi, will provide detailed maps of gas around dying stars and other cosmic objects, ...

The Keck Observatory's two telescopes are nothing short of engineering marvels, each featuring a 32-foot-wide (10-meter) primary mirror comprising 36 precisely aligned hexagonal segments.

Dec. 19—Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. The Punahou School graduate was trained as an electrical engineer and ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have listened to the music of a nearby star, uncovering surprises that shake our understanding of how stars work.

When Hilton Lewis began working at the W. M. Keck Observatory in 1986, astronomy was a very different field. Lewis, who is retiring from Keck at the end of the month after 37 years, the last nine ...

Astronomers will soon have a new tool for hunting exoplanets, as the W. M. Keck Observatory’s Keck Planet Finder (KPF) instrument recently took its first observations. KPF’s “first light ...

The odd image from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Maunakea, Hawaii comes from “first light” of its new intrument, the Keck Planet Finder, which is expected to revolutionize the hunt for life ...

After spotting a potential candidate with the 2.4-meter Hubble Space Telescope, the team of astronomers pointed the 10-meter Keck II telescope, operated by the W. M. Keck Observatory, to witness the ...

Dec. 19—Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. The Punahou School graduate was trained as an electrical engineer and ...