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.
Small asteroid or comet ‘visits’ from beyond the solar system
A small, recently discovered asteroid or comet appears to have originated from outside the solar system, if so it could be the first “interstellar object” to be observed and confirmed by astronomers.
Local students get an Akamai experience at telescopes on Hawai‘i Island and Maui
The students spent the eight-week program working on research projects with mentors at a variety of STEM facilities.
Institute for Astronomy celebrates 50 years of discovery
Since it’s founding on July 1, 1967, UH Mānoa’s IfA has played a role in almost every significant astronomical discovery.
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on track to be operational in 2019
The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court affirmed the Conservation District Use Permit for the construction of the telescope.
Earthquake-damaged Japanese observatory finds new home on Haleakalā
The Institute for Astronomy facilitates the re-use of an existing dome on Haleakalā for the Tohoku 60-centimeter telescope.
