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.
Capturing shooting stars over Hawaiʻi
Astronomers have a new pair of eyes to detect meteors over Hawaiʻi using a state-of-the-art monitoring system installed on the rooftops of existing buildings on Maunakea and Haleakalā.
ʻImiloa: Sharing Hawaiʻi’s legacy of exploration
The ʻImiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo has been doing groundbreaking work to integrate modern science and indigenous culture since the center first opened in 2006.
