For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

Astronomers on Mauna Kea found the first space object on which NASA’s Roman Space Telescope can test its imaging technology. A new “massive planet ” also was found, the W.M. Keck Observatory said in a ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

HONOLULUJ (KHON2) — Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have uncovered new insights about 2024 YR4. This is an Earth-crossing asteroid first spotted in December 2024. Their findings ...

Rich Matsuda is the first Hawai‘i-born director of the W. M. Keck Observatory. For him, the title carries both responsibility and opportunity.“In one sense it doesn’t matter, shouldn’t matter, there’s ...

Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea discovered “the clearest evidence yet that a supermassive black hole can dramatically reshape its host galaxy far beyond its core,” the observatory ...

TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, has signed its first contract with the W. M. Keck Observatory to initiate the design of Keck’s Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM). The ...

An infrared image shows a brown dwarf discovered by astronomers using the W.M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope on Maunakea on Feb. 23, 2024. Data from both the observatory and telescope ...