A Crystal Ball Into Our Solar System’s Future
Subaru Telescope Captures a Rare Meteor Cluster
August 6, 2021
Infant Planet Discovered using Maunakea Telescopes
October 25, 2021
Artist’s rendition of a newly-discovered Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf, or dead star. This system is evidence that planets can survive their host star’s explosive red giant phase and is the very first confirmed planetary system that serves as an analog to the fate of the sun and Jupiter in our own solar system. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko
Astronomers using the Keck observatory on Maunakea have observed a planetary system located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy and provided a glimpse into the (distant) future of our own Solar System.
Read more, in the W M Keck Observatory press release.
