‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid identified through new algorithm July 31, 2023 UH News The roughly 600-foot-long asteroid, designated 2022 SF289, was discovered during a test drive of the algorithm with the ATLAS survey in Hawaiʻi.
Sun ‘umbrella’ tethered to asteroid might help mitigate climate change July 31, 2023 UH News Engineering studies using this approach could start now to create a workable design that could mitigate climate change within decades.
Hawaiʻi observatories play critical role adding color to new space mission June 30, 2023 UH News The IfA team is especially interested in using this data to measure the parameters that characterize the properties of the universe.
Hawaiʻi astronomers discover death-defying planet June 28, 2023 UH News The star would have inflated up to 1.5 times the planet’s orbital distance before shrinking to its current size at only one-tenth of that distance.
$4M boosts IfA development of new sensors for exoplanet imaging June 22, 2023 UH News The new generation of ultra-sensitive sensors will help observe distant Earth-like planets.
In memoriam: Pan-STARRS pioneer, trailblazing astronomer Nick Kaiser June 19, 2023 UH News Kaiser was an astronomer at IfA from 1998 to 2017.
Aspiring astronomer from Hawaiʻi Island heads to world’s largest HS science fair May 5, 2023 UH News Ciana-lei Bence is the first Maunakea Scholar to represent Hawaiʻi at the International Science and Engineering Fair in May 2023.
Southwest Airlines donates flight support, $10K to astronomy program May 5, 2023 UH News Southwest Airlines donated $10,000 to IfA and has provided UH students with 45 vouchers to fly inter island for community outreach activities.
Decommissioning of UH Hilo telescope receives approval April 18, 2023 UH News Approvals are given for the decommissioning of the telescope owned by UH Hilo.
Debunking alien theories, new study tries to explain UH-discovered ʻOumuamua April 3, 2023 UH News The new study speculated how hydrogen came off ʻOumuamua, which researchers wouldn’t have been able to detect.