News from Keck Observatory
News from Keck Observatory
- Judy Cohen Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
W. M. Keck Observatory Congratulates Caltech’s Kate Van
Nuys Page Professor of Astronomy for Prestigious AppointmentMaunakea, Hawaii – It’s one of the
highest honors that only the most - Astronomy Talk: Fingerprints of the First Stars
Our current story for the origin of the heavy elements has at its core a recycling program on the grandest of scales. Using Keck, we have traced atoms as they flow from the intergalactic medium into
- Astronomy Talk: Geological Activity in the Solar System
From the elusive plumes of Europa to Enceladus’ dramatic cryovolcanic geysers and the extreme volcanism of Io, the Solar System hosts a wide spectrum of active geological processes. Over the past