Reading time: 3minutes The SETI Institute installed two laser instruments which will widen the field-of-view enabling astronomers to monitor a larger area of the sky.
Reading time: 2minutes The UH-mentored students’ helped scientists determine a 1,070-pound space satellite would explode over the South Pacific on August 29.
Reading time: 3minutes Maui middle schoolers mentored by UH outreach astronomer spot 1070-pound space satellite expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on August 29.
Reading time: 4minutes UH astronomers will study stars that dim in a dramatic and usually unpredictable manner due to dust in clouds and disks around those stars.
Reading time: 3minutes 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.