#Maunakea observatories
Astronomers hope newly discovered exoplanet will help shed light on how life appeared on Earth
An international team of scientists, with the help of three observatories atop Maunakea on the Big Island, discovered the relatively close exoplanet dubbed Gliese 12 b in our galactic neighborhood.
Astronomers Locate ‘Unusual’ Monster Galaxy
Maunakea scientists say the galaxy existed about 12 billion years ago, when the universe was only 13 percent of its current age.
Scientists on Maunakea Detect Farthest Group of Galaxies
Observatory officials say the trio of galaxies, named EGS77, dates back to when the universe was 680 million years old, or less than 5 percent of its current age of 13.8 billion years.
Astronomers: Black Hole Getting ‘Hungrier’
An “enormous” black hole at the center of the galaxy is having an “unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust.”
