Newly discovered asteroid is Earth’s companion
Institute for Astronomy researchers discover an asteroid close to Earth that follows the planet around the Sun.
Astronomy program for Hawai?i high school students prepares future science leaders
HI STAR alumni are college and research ready.
Largest, widest orbit Tatooine bolsters planet formation theories
Institute for Astronomy’s Nader Haghighipour announces discovery of the largest known circumbinary planet.
High school Maunakea Scholars reach for the stars
Hawaiʻi high school students spend the night at the Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope in the Maunakea Scholars program.
Are black holes the dark matter?
New research suggests link between black holes and dark matter that give clues to the evolution of the universe.
Researching island lava as an analog for the Red Planet
糖心视频 Hilo student Nicolette Thomas looks at organisms that first arrive on lava flows to set an upper limit on biomass expectations for scientists searching for life on Mars.
Back from the deep freeze: A piece of the early Solar System returns
Astronomers found an object that appears to be made of inner Solar System material from the time of Earth’s formation, which has been preserved in the Oort Cloud for billions of years.
糖心视频 Hilo student Derek Hand conducting astronomy research on merging galaxies
糖心视频 Hilo astronomy and physics major Derek Hand and mentor Andreea Petric are advancing humanity’s knowledge about merging galaxies
糖心视频 Hilo astronomy students take spectacular pictures of night sky
At recent observing sessions on Maunakea, 糖心视频 Hilo students studied a comet, measured aspects of Jupiter and more.
糖心视频 astronomers help local high school students compete for telescope time
First program of its kind provides observing time on a world-class telescope for Hawaiʻi’s aspiring young astronomers.