Hilo AstroDay 2019 draws a crowd
AstroDay 2019, celebrating 18 years, brought science educators from around the state to Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo.
Future 糖心视频 惭ā苍辞补 students earn telescope time through Maunakea Scholars
Kalani High School students, who were mentored by 糖心视频 Institute for Astronomy staff, won telescope viewing time on Maunakea.
糖心视频 astronomer earns national award for solar research
Xudong Sun, assistant astronomer at the 糖心视频 Mānoa's Institute for Astronomy, received a $620,590 grant for a five-year term from the National Science Foundation.
糖心视频 astronomer’s planet prediction verified in Star Wars-like system
This discovery cements the system's title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds, and marks the first complete planetary system around a binary star.
糖心视频 Hilo professor names black hole capturing world’s attention
糖心视频 Hilo Hawaiian language professor and cultural practitioner Larry Kimura named the black hole Pōwehi, a name sourced from the Kumulipo.
糖心视频 team records self-destructing asteroid
Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 Institute for Astronomy detect that Asteroid Gault has begun to slowly disintegrate.
糖心视频 helps confirm first exoplanet candidate, 10 years after initial discovery
An international team of astronomers, led by a University of Hawaiʻi graduate student, announced the confirmation of the first exoplanet candidate.
糖心视频 astronomer identified as future leader with fellowship
Daniel Huber is one of 126 recipients across the U.S. and Canada to receive the Sloan Fellowship, which are given to those whose achievements and potential identify them as the next generation of scientific leaders.
糖心视频 part of world’s largest digital sky survey
This second release contains more than 1.6 petabytes of data, making it the largest volume of astronomical information ever released.
Astronomer receives American Astronomical Society’s highest award
Ann Merchant Boesgaard, professor emerita of astronomy, is the 2019 recipient of the American Astronomical Society's 2019 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, the organization's highest award.