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Keck Observatory Awarded $2M to Improve Interferometer

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KAMUELA, Hawaii, Dec. 19, 2006 -- The National Science Foundation has awarded the W. M. Keck Observatory $2 million to improve the sensitivity and resolution of the Keck Interferometer. The improvements will enable the instrument to detect Jupiter-sized planets around other stars and test predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity in the chaotic core of the Milky Way galaxy. The three-year grant is from National Science Foundation's (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation Program. Typically, less than one-half of one percent of all submitted proposals receive the maximum award of $2 million, and only a few go to...Read full article

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    Published: December 2006
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