UH astronomers to track impact of spacecraft, asteroid collision September 26, 2022 UH News Astronomers will use telescopes on Maunakea and Haleakalā to collect data and determine how asteroid Dimorphos was impacted.
NASA’s new space telescope takes its first picture of an exoplanet September 2, 2022 UH News Exoplanet HIP 65426 b has a mass of 6–12 times that of Jupiter.
UH astronomers produce catalog to extensively map universe August 15, 2022 UH News IfA researchers help produce a massive new catalog of high-fidelity distance estimates to more than 350 million galaxies.
UH discovery among first images captured by Webb Space Telescope July 11, 2022 UH News SMACSJ0723 was first pinpointed by IfA researchers nearly 20 years ago.
Pioneering UH female astronomer featured in new book on navigating male-dominated field June 21, 2022 UH News Ann Merchant Boesgaard is an astronomer emerita at IfA who began her career at UH in 1967.
Maunakea telescopes capture near-Sun comet roasting to death June 14, 2022 UH News The sighting could help explain the scarcity of the near-Sun population of periodic comets and asteroids.
UH astronomy, medical students named ARCS Scholars of the Year June 6, 2022 UH News Twenty University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa PhD candidates named ARCS Scholars in 2022.
UH astronomers mentor Maui keiki for future science careers June 3, 2022 UH News About 75% of HI STAR students have gone on to enter the regional science fair and win awards at state and international levels.
Waipahu HS research telescope developed with UH astronomers’ aid May 31, 2022 UH News The 12.5-foot dome, which houses a 17-inch telescope, is geared toward helping build student interest in STEM-related careers and is mounted on a building rooftop on the school’s campus.
$2.5M grant to monitor space weather, making space travel safer May 29, 2022 UH News The project will measure the most powerful particles emitted by the Sun.