Capturing shooting stars over Hawai?i
Astronomers have a new pair of eyes to detect meteors over Hawai?i using a state-of-the-art monitoring system installed on the rooftops of existing buildings on Maunakea and Haleakalā.
Search opens for new director of the Institute for Astronomy
The Search Advisory Committee was previously announced, and now the official job announcement has been posted.
糖心视频 astronomers, students track Mercury’s transit across Sun
Groups gathered on Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu to watch as Mercury could be seen passing between the Earth and the Sun.
2019 AstroDay West, an out-of-this-world STEM experience
Hawaiʻi Island students, faculty, staff and the general public participated STEM demos and activities at AstroDay 2019.
Astronomy graduate student awarded three-year NASA fellowship
Anna Payne is the first 糖心视频 student to receive this award, worth $55,000 a year.
Search Advisory Committee formed for the Institute for Astronomy director search
The search process will convene over the fall semester with finalists invited to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus in spring 2020 semester.
Black hole shreds star, 糖心视频 astronomer on discovery team
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the immediate aftermath of a star being violently ripped apart by a supermassive black hole.
糖心视频 astronomy team helps confirm 2nd potential interstellar object
The University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 astronomers help confirm the discovery of a comet scientists believe may have originated from outside the solar system.
Critical observation made on Maunakea during first night of return to operations
Observations of the near-Earth asteroid 2006 QV89 made with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have ruled out any potential future impact threat to the Earth by this asteroid for the next century.
Astronomers to deploy breakthrough technology at 糖心视频 telescope
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to an IfA scientist to install a high-tech shape-shifting secondary mirror on the 糖心视频 2.2-meter telescope on Maunakea.