#Milky Way
Cosmic ‘Christmas Tree Cluster’ makes the perfect universal Yuletide ornament
The array of young stars — all between 1 and 5 million years old — that is about 2,500 light-years, or 14.7 quadrillion miles, from Earth in the Milky Way. A composite image shows it in the shape of a tree with glowing stellar lights.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues its show over Maui skies
This view of the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was captured Monday night from atop Haleakalā on Maui by resident Jeanna Thacker. Residents throughout the state have been sending in imagery of the comet as it makes its appearance over island skies.
Caltech-led astronomers using W.M. Keck Observatory report spotting biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen
Black hole jets spanning 23 million light-years total length in outer space have been discovered by a Caltech-led team of astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory atop Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island. The jets of hot plasma are the largest ever observed, according to the scientists.
Researchers work to unlock secrets of supernovae, exploding stars
Using multiple telescopes, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science are working to understand supernovae, exploding stars, dating back millions of light-years and considered the building blocks of the universe and life itself.
Maunakea telescopes help detect ancient star system, Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1
An ancient star system has been detected with the help of two Maunakea observatories on Hawaiʻi Island – W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope – and the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy’s Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System on Haleakalā, according to a Keck Observatory announcement.
