World’s most powerful solar telescope begins observations from Haleakalā
IfA astronomers built instruments for the telescope to help solve some of the most enigmatic mysteries of the Sun.
Enhanced alien detecting instrument installed on Haleakalā
The SETI Institute installed two laser instruments which will widen the field-of-view enabling astronomers to monitor a larger area of the sky.
Pan-STARRS detects 1960s-era rocket booster orbiting Sun
Pan-STARRS1 telescope spotted an object believed to be a rocket booster orbiting Sun.
Astronomers produce largest 3D catalog of galaxies
The team used data from UH’s Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System or Pan-STARRS1 on Haleakalā.
Maui 8th graders’ satellite discovery nets national attention
The UH-mentored students’ helped scientists determine a 1,070-pound space satellite would explode over the South Pacific on August 29.
Maui teens track space satellite plummeting to Earth
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
UH astronomers will study stars that dim in a dramatic and usually unpredictable manner due to dust in clouds and disks around those stars.
Hawaiʻi students track asteroid as it passes near Earth
IfA HI STAR students help astronomers track approaching asteroid using telescopes on Maui.
Asteroid discovered by UH telescope will make close pass Monday
A UH telescope on Haleakalā detected an asteroid expected to make a close pass near Earth. Hawaiʻi’s astronomy community plays a fundamental role in the nationʻs planetary defense.
Never-before-seen images of Sun released from world’s largest solar telescope
New telescope on Maui detects cell-like structures the size of Texas roiling on the Sun’s surface.
