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A silhouetted view of the Keck telescopes at sunset.Building of the Keck telescope back in 1987. This shot is an early view of the construction process.Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
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A silhouetted view of the Keck telescopes at sunset.Pablo McLoud/W.M. Keck Observatory
Building of the Keck telescope back in 1987. This shot is an early view of the construction process.W.M. Keck Observatory
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.Ethan Tweedie/W.M. Keck Observatory
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Mission name: Keck

W.M. Keck Observatory

Exploring the local and distant Universe

Mission news and discoveries
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000 (NASA)September 17, 2025
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System (NASA)February 12, 2025
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, VenusMay 24, 2024
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Assessment of NASA’s NExSS Research Coordination NetworkNovember 28, 2023
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Searching for Oxygen in Exoplanet Atmospheres with Ground-Based TelescopesJuly 19, 2023
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
How Many Habitable Zone Planets Can Orbit a Host Star?August 11, 2020
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Revised Data Sets for Oort Cloud CometsMarch 24, 2020
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Icy Moons and Their PlumesDecember 10, 2019
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Apply for "The PI Launchpad: From Science Idea to NASA Mission"September 25, 2019
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Spotting Exoplanets through the HazeSeptember 16, 2019
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Earth's Trojan AsteroidsMarch 05, 2019
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
A Wide Planetary-Mass CompanionDecember 24, 2018
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Exoplanet Science StrategySeptember 21, 2018
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Exoplanet Fomalhaut b On the MoveMay 07, 2018
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
NASA Study Hints at Possible Change in Water ‘Fingerprint’ of CometMarch 07, 2017
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
A Four Planet System in Orbit, Directly Imaged and RemarkableJanuary 25, 2017
Keck I open for buisness as the Hawaiian sun sets on the horrizon, filling the sky with a beautiful mix of blue, pink, and orange.
Icy Worlds and their Analog SitesJanuary 27, 2016