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UH astronomers use local ship to prepare for Antarctic eclipse expedition

UH Institute for Astronomy astronomer Shadia Habbal and her eclipse team, will conduct studies in the remote South Pole on December 4.

About 55 questions were submitted and answered during the two hour livestream about the proposed new master plan.

More than 100 people contributed to the creation of “Hiapo,” a small satellite equipped with sensors to measure Earth's magnetic field.

IfA astronomer David Tholen spotted the asteroid using images taken on August 13.

IfA astronomer Robert Weryk first spotted the comet with the Pan-STARRS telescope on July 26.

This collection of oscillating red giants will be used for unprecedented detailed studies using telescopes on Maunakea.

Zhoujian Zhang and a team of UH astronomers discovered a planet six times the size of Jupiter.

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

IfA astronomers investigate a unique solar magnetic eruption observed during the 2020 total solar eclipse from Argentina.

Keck Observatory and data from UH Pan-STARRS helped characterize the dead star, which is about the size of the Moon.