Pan-STARRSchases source of LIGO gravity wave event
UH’s Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System maps the sky looking for LIGO gravity wave event.
The untold story of improvements in UH stewardship of Maunakea
Editorial by UH President David Lassner and UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
Main-belt asteroid shows evidence of March collision
Researchers make new observations on main-belt asteroid Griseldis, suggesting an impact.
New light shed on the origins of Earth’s water
UH Mānoa researchers find evidence that Earth’s water was a part of the planet from the beginning.
Asteroid discovered by UH telescope to make close Halloween flyby
A large near-Earth asteroid named 2015 TB145, discovered by the UH’s Pan-STARRS1 Telescope atop Haleakala, will pass close to Earth on October 31.
Journey through the universe in Gunther Hasinger’s new book
UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy Director Günther Hasinger’ new book, Astronomy’s Limitless Journey.
Robotic laser astronomy on the rise
Robotic laser adaptive optics system developed by UH astronomer Christoph Baranec gets new home at at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
Discovery of tenth Tatooine-like circumbinary planet
A team of astronomers, including University of Hawaiʻi astronomer Nader Haghighipour, will announce the discovery of the tenth transiting circumbinary planet.
Is there life in the Alpha Centauri system?
Scientists propose a sensitive technique for detecting photosynthetic organisms in extrasolar planetary systems.
UH astronomer to head international astronomical division on planetary science and astrobiology
Nader Haghighipour, an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy, has been elected president of Division F (planetary systems and astrobiology) of the International Astronomical Union.
