Imiloa Astronomy Center | University of Hawaiʻi System News

UH-discovered asteroid could be a chunk of the Moon

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.

UH Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation will host a virtual conference November 15–17.

UH President David Lassner provided an update on UH’s continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, fall enrollment, Maunakea stewardship and more.

UH Hilo faculty and staff took three U.S. representatives on a campus tour.

The Subaru Telescope captured footage of more than a dozen meteors within a 10-second window.

The general public will be able to visit the center on the weekends starting July 24.

IfA astronomer Karen Meech led international research on ʻOumuamua and pokes holes in extraterrestrial theories.

Education outreach specialist J.D. Armstrong and his students will be featured on Xploration Awesome Planet.

Annual Hilo science event will distribute activity kits for keiki to take home.

Baybayan served as a navigator-in-residence at the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi.