Astronomers trace galaxy flows across 700 million light years February 3, 2022 UH News The movement of 10,000 galaxies and clusters of galaxies are followed throughout a span of 11.5 billion years.
UH-discovered Earth Trojan asteroid largest to date February 2, 2022 UH News Asteroid 2020 XL5 was spotted by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope and is only the second-known object of its kind ever found.
UHERO: Astronomy continues to significantly impact Hawaiʻi economy January 30, 2022 UH News Astronomy in Hawaiʻi supported employment of 1,313 residents and had a total economic impact of $221 million on the state in 2019.
Just Look Up: Expanded UH asteroid tracking system can monitor entire sky January 27, 2022 UH News The telescope expansion in the southern hemisphere will enable observations at night when it is daytime in Hawaiʻi.
Newly-discovered planets will be ‘swallowed’ by their stars January 13, 2022 UH News IfA astronomers used the Keck Observatory on Maunakea to pinpoint three gas giant planets.
Explosion of supergiant star captured by UH telescope January 6, 2022 UH News For the first time, telescopes imaged the self-destruction and final death throes of a massive star.
UH-discovered asteroid could be a chunk of the Moon November 30, 2021 UH News The object was discovered by Pan-STARRS in 2016 and given a name by Hawaiian language students through ʻImiloa’s A Hua He Inoa program.
Secrets of planet formation take researchers on quest near and far November 24, 2021 UH News Teams of UH Mānoa scientists were awarded a total of $1.3 million to understand how rocky planets like Earth form.
UH solar eclipse chasers prepare for Antarctica expedition November 22, 2021 UH News Shadia Rifai Habbal will lead one of a small handful of scientific teams to carry out observations in the South Pole.
New method to detect Tatooine-like planets validated November 10, 2021 UH News UH astronomer Nader Haghighipour helped develop a technique to quickly detect objects orbiting around two stars.