The Keck Interferometer links two 10-meter (33-foot) telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The linked telescopes form the world's most powerful optical telescope system. They will be used to search for planets around nearby stars, as part of NASA's quest to find habitable, Earth-like planets.
Harnessing the power of twin telescopes to create an interferometer searches for planets in other solar systems
First light: March 2001
JPL and Caltech Partner on Keck Institute for Space Studies (3/24/09)
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