Nelson also will deliver the 1995 Heineman Prize Lecture, "The Keck Observatory: Challenges and Promise," at 11:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 15, in the Allegheny I and II rooms, Pittsburgh Vista Hotel.

This week I'm at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, collecting data with the world's largest optical telescope. Correction, I'm trying to collect data, but the weather is not cooperating. I'll be sharing ...

Kamuela (October 16th, 2006) The W. M. Keck Observatory is recovering from a 6.6-magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks that struck off the west coast of Hawaii Sunday morning at 7:07 a.m.

Keck Observatory telescopes are shown on Mauna Kea. The controversy led to the creation of the state’s Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, which was enacted in 2022 and tasked with ...

HONOLULU — The earthquake that rocked Hawaii damaged some of the world’s most advanced equipment for gazing into outer space. Scientists at many of the 13 telescopes atop Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano ...

PASADENA, Calif.–Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have provided unique insight into the nature of a young star-forming galaxy as it appeared only ...

Westmont’s monthly stargazing event features a triangle asterism, a globular cluster and a waxing moon, beginning about 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory.

The sun will not set until after 8 p.m., making the best viewing after 9 p.m. The Westmont College observatory will open its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the ...

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