Mar 26, 2025 · Wolf-Rayet 104 is a star system where two massive stars orbit each other. ... Read more: Spiral arms around a star, made by a giant planet. Read more: Keck Planet Finder begins search for other ...

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Mar 18, 2025 · A new spin on decades of W. M. Keck Observatory research. Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A recent study reveals the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star” holds more mystery but is even less likely to be the potential ‘Death Star’ it was once thought to be.. Research by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill finally confirms what has been suspected for years: WR ...

Mar 18, 2025 · An artist’s animation of WR 104, first discovered at Keck Observatory in 1999. It consists of two stars orbiting each other; a Wolf-Rayet star that produces a powerful, carbon-rich wind ...

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Jul 11, 2024 · William Keck began his career working for TV titan Aaron Spelling and as an NBC and CBS studio page before turning his focus to journalism and television production.

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Using the HIRES spectrometer on the W.M. Keck Observatory’s Keck I Telescope, astronomers discovered an Earth-sized planet, Gliese 581g, orbiting a nearby star. Gliese 581g orbits squarely in the middle of its star’s “habitable zone” where liquid water could exist on the planet’s surface.