#Red Dwarf Star
Discovery of brown dwarf companion provides new insight into stellar and planetary formation
An international team of astronomers using the combined powers of space-based and ground based observatories, including the W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have discovered a brown dwarf companion orbiting a nearby red dwarf star, providing key insight into how stars and planets form.
Newly Discovered Planet May Have Water on Its Surface
A team of astronomers using a Keck telescope atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii have discovered a planet similar in temperature and likeness to the Earth. The planet called Gliese 581g is 20-light-years away in the constellation of Libra. Scientists say its mass indicates it is likely a rocky planet, and its […]