Recent University of Hawaiʻi astronomy discoveries include a new comet and black holes from the early universe.

X-ray astronomer Günther Hasinger will head UH Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy.

Scientists including University of Hawaiʻi Astronomer Nader Haghighipour discover another planet that may have liquid water, an important step in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Jeffrey Kuhn, associate director of the Institute for Astronomy, and IfA Director Rolf-Peter Kudritzki are among at least 11 UH faculty members who have been recognized by the Humboldt Foundation.

Humans may be justifiably nervous when an asteroid passes very close to Earth, but a new study finds that the encounter leaves the asteroid pale and shaken as well.

The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy’s Starlab “Portable Planetarium” gets new funding.

For the first time, scientists identify disks with enough mass to form a planetary system like our own around both stars in an optically visible binary system.

Mauna Kea edged out a Chile site as future home of the Thirty Meter Telescope, which will be the world’s most powerful optical instrument

Two groups of University of Hawaiʻi scientists are involved in research related to NASA’s plan to return humans to the Moon.

Spearheaded by UH Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy, the Pan-STARRS project surveys the sky for killer asteroids and new scientific understanding.