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Astronomers using Keck Observatory find a wave of ancient quasars from the dawn of the universe

A Wave of Ancient Quasars Discovered from the Dawn of the Universe. VC: W. M. Keck Observatory This artist’s impression shows ...
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Northrop Grumman Demonstrates JWST Telescope Control System at Keck Observatory

The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) team developing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has successfully tested software that will be used to bring the space observatory’s 18 mirror segments ...

Saturn's moon Titan captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M. Keck Observatory/Judy Schmidt | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...
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Keck Telescope Meets Most Expectations, Says Project Scientist

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.
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Advanced instrument destined for Keck Telescope completed at UCSC; begins shipment to Mauna Kea, Hawaii

The most advanced optical spectrograph in the world begins a two-week journey today from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where it was built, to the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, where it ...
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First Triple Quasar Discovered at W.M. Keck Observatory

Seattle (January 8th, 2007) Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered a triple quasar. Quasars are powerful sources of electromagnetic energy, which includes radio waves and light.
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TNO Labs to design Keck Observatory’s adaptive secondary mirror

TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, has signed its first contract with the W. M. Keck Observatory to initiate the design of Keck’s Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM). The ...