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NSF Funds Improvements to Keck Interferometer

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The W.M. Keck Observatory in Kamuela, Hawaii, has received a three-year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation of Arlington, Va., to enhance the sensitivity and resolution of the Keck interferometer. The improvements will enable the instrument to detect planets of a certain size around other stars and to test predictions of Einstein’s theory of relativity in the core of our galaxy. The 85-m baseline interferometer combines the light from the two 10-mm-diameter Keck telescopes. The grant funds the installation of a phase- referencing system on the interferometer, allowing...Read full article

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