🌋Our Keck Cloud Camera Capture of the week: Episode 34 of the ongoing eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. For six hours, Kīlauea released 8.9 million cubic yards of material up to an estimated 1,300 feet at the eruption's peak. Pelehonuamea's power continues to provide us with a sense of wonder and appreciation for our place in the universe.🔭 💫 #keckobservatory #maunakea #astronomy #hawaiivolcanoesnationalpark (fb)

🎉Congratulations to our friends at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration for achieving 6,000 confirmed exoplanets! This impressive milestone brings us closer to discovering other Earth-like planets which could harbor life. "From the early days of the first radial velocity measurements, to the first video of exoplanets in motion via direct imaging, Keck Observatory has led the way to finding and characterizing thousands of exoplanets," said John O'Meara, Keck's Chief Scientist. "We are honored to play a role in this pivotal research and look forward to further collaboration as we expand our understanding of the diversity and nature of other worlds, some potentially like our own." Far out, NASA! https://www.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/nasas-tally-of-planets-outside-our-solar-system-reaches-6000/ 📽: Discovered in 2008, HR 8799 is the very first multiple-planet system beyond our solar system to have its picture taken. This timelapse animation of HR 8799, which includes 7 direct images captured by W. M. Keck Observatory over a period of 7 years, shows the orbital motion of the four planets in this system. Credit: J. Wang, Caltech/C. Marois, NRC-HIA #keckobservatory #NASA #maunakea #astronomy (fb)