UH-discovered Earth Trojan asteroid largest to date February 2, 2022 UH News Asteroid 2020 XL5 was spotted by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope and is only the second-known object of its kind ever found.
UHERO: Astronomy continues to significantly impact Hawaiʻi economy January 30, 2022 UH News Astronomy in Hawaiʻi supported employment of 1,313 residents and had a total economic impact of $221 million on the state in 2019.
Just Look Up: Expanded UH asteroid tracking system can monitor entire sky January 27, 2022 UH News The telescope expansion in the southern hemisphere will enable observations at night when it is daytime in Hawaiʻi.
Paid internship affords undergrad to chase the stars January 25, 2022 UH News Students who are considering a career in science have the opportunity to apply online for the summer undergraduate research program by January 31, 2022.
Newly-discovered planets will be ‘swallowed’ by their stars January 13, 2022 UH News IfA astronomers used the Keck Observatory on Maunakea to pinpoint three gas giant planets.
Explosion of supergiant star captured by UH telescope January 6, 2022 UH News For the first time, telescopes imaged the self-destruction and final death throes of a massive star.
Enhanced alien detecting instrument installed on Haleakalā December 22, 2021 UH News The SETI Institute installed two laser instruments which will widen the field-of-view enabling astronomers to monitor a larger area of the sky.
Ground-breaking UH-designed sensors aboard NASA’s historic space telescope December 20, 2021 UH News IfA-designed sensors tested on Maunakea will enable the James Webb Space Telescope to gaze deeper into space than ever before.
4 top UH researchers recognized for global excellence December 7, 2021 UH News 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.
UH-discovered asteroid could be a chunk of the Moon November 30, 2021 UH News 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.