Mānoa student works on Mars project through NASA internship
A UH Mānoa student will see her summer work go to outer space when a NASA mission heads to Mars next year.
UH astronomy team helps confirm 2nd potential interstellar object
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa astronomers help confirm the discovery of a comet scientists believe may have originated from outside the solar system.
Scientists reveal new pathway for carbon chemistry to evolve in space
Researchers produced a ringed, carbon-containing molecule by combining two highly reactive chemical species that are called free radicals because they contain unpaired electrons.
Key phosphorus-based molecule for life on Earth may have come from Space
A meteor could be the vessel to have brought a key ingredient to life on Earth, according to researchers at UH Mānoa.
Effects of space travel focus of UH Cancer Center grant
University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher John Shepherd leads a study that looks at ways to measure body composition on long-duration space flights.
UH students test award-winning growing system at NASA habitat
An award-winning autonomous hydroponic growing system called Box Farm, designed and built by UH Mānoa engineering students, was successfully tested at the NASA-funded Inflatable Lunar-Mars Habitat.
Space plants project could be astronaut game changer
An autonomous hydroponic growing system called Box Farm that was designed and built by engineering students at UH Mānoa may be an important tool for space crews in the future.
Hilo AstroDay 2019 draws a crowd
AstroDay 2019, celebrating 18 years, brought science educators from around the state to Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo.
UH students launch rocket in NASA competition
The Project Imua students achieved liftoff, launching the rocket and payload they designed and built for the NASA Student Launch Project competition near Huntsville, Alabama.
UH Community College students in Alabama prep for NASA competition rocket launch competition
Project Imua’s rocket is 10 feet tall, and their payload is a four-wheeled rover designed to travel 10 feet before collecting a soil sample.
