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Explosion of supergiant star captured by UH telescope

For the first time, telescopes imaged the self-destruction and final death throes of a massive star.

The SETI Institute installed two laser instruments which will widen the field-of-view enabling astronomers to monitor a larger area of the sky.

IfA-designed sensors tested on Maunakea will enable the James Webb Space Telescope to gaze deeper into space than ever before.

Stephen L. Vargo, Fei-Fei Jin, Daniel Huber and the late Ruth D. Gates were named to the 2021 Web of Science’s Highly Cited Researchers list.

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.

Teams of UH Mānoa scientists were awarded a total of $1.3 million to understand how rocky planets like Earth form.

Shadia Rifai Habbal will lead one of a small handful of scientific teams to carry out observations in the South Pole.

UH astronomer Nader Haghighipour helped develop a technique to quickly detect objects orbiting around two stars.

UH Mānoa led the number of fellowships received for the second consecutive year.

UH Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation will host a virtual conference November 15–17.