#Keck Cosmic Web Imager
Astronomers using Keck Observatory find a wave of ancient quasars from the dawn of the universe
Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have confirmed two-thirds (21 of 31) of the most ancient quasars from the Euclid mission, including two of the most distant ever observed.
Mauna Kea’s Keck Observatory plays key role in mapping one of five supernovae ever seen from Earth
A Caltech-led team using W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi Island has mapped in 3-D the remains of a historical supernova that went boom in the year 1181 – it’s one of only five confirmed supernovae in our Milky Way galaxy ever seen from Earth and recorded in human history.
Two Astronomers from W. M. Keck Observatory to Receive 2020 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
The American Association for the Advancement of Science announced that this year’s winning research paper published in the journal “Science” is co-authored by two astronomers from W. M. Keck Observatory, Chief Scientist John O’Meara and professor J. Xavier Prochaska of UC Santa Cruz. The authors of the research paper titled “A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance” will receive the 2020 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize on Feb. 10 at a virtual ceremony.