UH-built upgrade to Maunakea telescope to help detect exoplanets September 28, 2020 UH News An IfA team developed and built a new infrared instrument for Keck Observatory on Maunakea that will help sharpen observations of exoplanets and young dwarf stars.
UH astronomers to construct 3D map of Milky Way galaxy September 25, 2020 UH News Dan Huber and his team were awarded a grant to create the largest 3D map ever constructed of the Milky Way’s outer regions.
Data from Maunakea telescopes unravel Pōwehi mysteries September 23, 2020 UH News A new study reveals the integral role telescopes on Maunakea played in showing how Pōwehi, the supermassive black hole moves.
Astronomy at UH plays key role in 30 years of NSF instrumentation funding September 21, 2020 UH News From world-class infrared imaging to groundbreaking laser optics, UH IfA have had major impacts on the field of astronomy.
Makaola: New Hawaiian word created to mark signs of life on Venus September 15, 2020 UH News UH Hilo Hawaiian language Associate Professor Larry Kimura creates a new Hawaiian word to mark the discovery of potential life on Venus.
Maunakea telescope finds hints of life on Venus September 14, 2020 UH News A team of international astronomers detected what may be extra-terrestrial life in Venus’ upper clouds using the JCMT telescope on Maunakea.
Maui 8th graders’ satellite discovery nets national attention September 1, 2020 UH News The UH-mentored students’ helped scientists determine a 1,070-pound space satellite would explode over the South Pacific on August 29.
UH Mānoa researchers predict location of novel candidate for mysterious dark energy September 1, 2020 UH News UH researchers explain what may be the cause of the universe’s accelerating growth.
Maui teens track space satellite plummeting to Earth August 28, 2020 UH News Maui middle schoolers mentored by UH outreach astronomer spot 1070-pound space satellite expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on August 29.
UH astronomers cast world-wide ‘net’ of telescopes to catch mysterious fading stars August 11, 2020 UH News UH astronomers will study stars that dim in a dramatic and usually unpredictable manner due to dust in clouds and disks around those stars.