In the Press

A sampling of articles about the Institute for Astronomy and its staff

• 20 marvels of modern engineering (see #18, Gizmo Watch, September 8, 2008)
• Dark Energy Leaves Fingerprints on Early Light (SkyandTelescope.com, August 6, 2008)
• Tool will replicate chemistry of space (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 4, 2008)
• UH team sees ‘dark energy’ trail (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 4, 2008)
• ‘Einstein rings’ show gravity (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 4, 2008)
• Unmasking Dark Energy (Science Now, August 1, 2008)
• Icy asteroids (Science News, July 17, 2008)
• Weighing brown dwarfs (New York Times, June 6, 2008)
• UH scientists gauge 'failed stars' (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 3, 2008)
• Experts await telescope’s photos (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 10, 2008)
• UH galaxy-gazers win top astronomy awards (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, February 11, 2008)
• The Sky’s Not the Limit (Maui Weekly, January 28, 2008)
• Asteroid is due to make flyby of Earth (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 27, 2008)
• Galactic discovery has isle roots (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 21, 2008)
• Isle scopes help find 4-star system (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 20, 2008)
• Peanut-shaped comet likely formed in collision (New Scientist Space, January 15, 2008)
• Four Stars Found in Amazingly Tight Bunch (space.com, January 10, 2008)
• The Enduring Mysteries of the Outer Solar System (space.com, December 31, 2007)
• The Enduring Mysteries of Comets (space.com, December 24, 2007)
• Missing comet baffles scientists (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 15, 2007)
• UK plans withdrawal from telescope teams (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 25, 2007)
• UH scientists seek planets to study (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 23, 2007)
• Giant comet awes UH scientists (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 11, 2007)
• Comet impresses as it bursts at seams (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 27, 2007)
• Pluto close up (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 15, 2007)
• Maui telescope sharpens eye on universe (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 22, 2007)
• Cold planet: The many ice ages of Mars (The China Post, September 13, 2007)
• Wobbles of Mars Produced 40 Ice Ages (space.com, September 12, 2007)
• Big black holes caught eating neighbors (msnbc.com, August 10, 2007)
• Galactic cannibalism causes quasars' glow, Hawaii astronomers say (Honolulu Advertiser, August 5, 2007)
• UH duo ties quasar light, galaxy gas (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 4, 2007)
• UH astronomer is recognized for discovery about the universe (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 25, 2007)
• UH astronomer to share major cosmology prize (Honolulu Advertiser, July 24, 2007)
• Sixty Moons for Saturn (MSNBC, July 19, 2007)
• Pluto not largest of dwarf planets (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 5, 2007)
• Space tug could divert killer asteroid (Associated Press in Honolulu Advertiser, January 24, 2007)
• Ex-UH scientist has plan to avert asteroid catastrophe (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 24, 2007)
• Magnetic field detected on star (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 11, 2006)
• UH scientist joins Pluto protest (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 4, 2006)
• Combing the cosmos for killers (Honolulu Advertiser, August 18, 2006)
• UH discovery could mean change for solar system (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 16, 2006)
• Astronomer hoping to hear ET phone home (Honolulu Advertiser, July 28, 2006)
• New telescope will hunt dangerous asteroids (NewScientist.com, June 27, 2006)
• UH ingenuity finds new planet (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 19, 2006)
• Maui telescope helps to detect star's planet (Honolulu Advertiser, May 19, 2006)
• Haleakala telescopes help find new planet (Maui News, May 19, 2006)
• Hawaii researchers seek interstellar wind (AP/Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 17, 2006)
• UH astronomers observe eclipse in Libyan desert (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 17, 2006)
• A New Class of Comets Emerges Nearby (Washington Post, March 24, 2006)
• UH comet discovery points to Earth origin (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 24, 2006)
• New class of comets could be source of Earth's water (Honolulu Advertiser, March 24, 2006)
• UH astronomer wins award for women (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, February 1, 2006)
• UH clocks Milky Way's 1.4M mph voyage (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 12, 2006)
• An Odd Pair of Stellar Runts (ScienceNOW Daily News, January 11, 2006) Link through UH library
• Speeding through space: Milky Way rolling at 1.4 million MPH (Hawaii Tribune-Herald, January 11, 2006)
• Planets are formed by 'dust bunnies' (West Hawaii Today, January 10, 2006)
• UH astronomer finds new comet (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 5, 2005)
• Mauna Kea teams help solve cosmic mystery (Honolulu Advertiser, October 11, 2005)
• UH astronomers track invisible pyrotechnics (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 6, 2005)
• Astronomy public lecture series to start up Friday (Maui News, September 21, 2005)
• Big Isle scopes plot star dying at far edge of known universe (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 13, 2005)
• Telescopes spot huge cosmic blast (Honolulu Advertiser, September 13, 2005)
• Serpens Hosts Solar Twins (Iran Daily, August 10, 2005)
• A Solar Twin in Serpens? (Astronomy.com, August 3, 2005)

• Deep Impact

  • Students get up-close look at Deep Impact (Maui News, July 5, 2005)
  • Big Isle gazers pack UH-Hilo, Waimea facility for space show (Hawaii Tribune-Herald, July 4, 2005)
  • 'Woo-hoo' heard at Maui viewing (Maui News, July 4, 2005)
  • Deep Impact (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 4, 2005)
  • Big hopes ride on tiny flash of Deep Impact (Honolulu Advertiser, July 3, 2005)
  • Deep Impact could be a spectacular hit (Maui News, July 2, 2005)
  • Island eyes on heavens for Deep Impact (Honolulu Advertiser, June 27, 2005)
  • Cosmic collision to give Hawaii prime-time show (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 12, 2005)
  • Celestial fireworks on target for the isles (Maui News, June 11, 2005)
  • Observatories brace for Deep Impact (Honolulu Advertiser, June 11, 2005)
• Star dust shows planet potential (Honolulu Advertiser, June 15, 2005)
• UH astronomers find pre-planet dust rings (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 14, 2005)
• UH astronomer earns national recognition (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 6, 2005)
• Newly found Saturn moons may shed light on mystery (Honolulu Advertiser, May 6, 2004)
  See also Astronomy, BBC News, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, Wired, Pravda
• UH astronomer earns national recognition (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 6, 2005)
• Twelve new moons for Saturn (BBC News, May 4, 2005)
• What Are the Odds? (Honolulu Advertiser, April 29, 2005)
• Star Struck (Hana Hou: The Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines, April/May 2005)
• Corning Delivers Mirror Blanks for the Pan-STARRS PS-1 Telescope (TMCnet.com, April 13, 2005)
• Science's Doomsday Team vs. the Asteroids (Washington Post, April 9, 2005)
• Telescope Taking School Club on Star Trek (Honolulu Advertiser, April 4, 2005)
• UH Astronomer Wins Free-rein Fellowship (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 21, 2005)
• 'Deep Impact' on Hawaii and the Universe (Maui News, February 27, 2005)
  NOTE: The impact will take place on the evening of July 3 HST.
• Hawaii Scientists Win DOD Grants (Pacific Business News, February 24, 2005)
• UH Scientists Find Size Limit to Black Holes (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, February 17, 2005)
• Astronomers Contemplate Icy Volcanoes in Far Places (New York Times, December 9, 2004)
• Frozen Heavenly Body Hints at a Warm Heart (New Scientist, December 8, 2004)
• Volcanic Activity Possible on Object Beyond Neptune (space.com, December 8, 2004)
• First Saturn Moon Close-Ups Arrive After Space Flyby (New York Times, October 27, 2004)
• UH Astronomer Wins Citation from NASA (Honolulu Advertiser, October 12, 2004)
• When Clusters Collide (New York Times, September 28, 2004)
• A Cosmic Storm: When Galaxy Clusters Collide (Space.com, September 24, 2004)
• Now Showing: The Galactic Storm (Honolulu Advertiser, September 24, 2004)
• State Shines in Astronomy (Honolulu Advertiser, August 18, 2004)
• New Images Show Signs of Planets Forming around Young Star (Scientific American.com, August 16, 2004)
• Star Sheds Light for Astronomers (Honolulu Advertiser, August 13, 2004)
• Haleakala Becomes Hot Spot for Astronomy (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 25, 2004)
• Prototype of Asteroid Spotter is Maui Bound (Maui News, June 22, 2004)
• The Patina of Age (New York Times, May 25, 2004)
• Colors Reveal Ages of Asteroids (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 21, 2004)
• Asteroids Change Colour With Age (Universe Today, May 20, 2004)
• 'Star' UH Students Awarded (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 12, 2004)
• Coming Soon: Asteroid Hunters (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 25, 2004)
• Scoping Out the Sky (Honolulu Advertiser, April 17, 2004)
• Big Island Telescope Sees Star with Dust (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, February 27, 2004)
• UH Find of Two New Jupiter Moons Is Confirmed (Honolulu Advertiser, February 5, 2004)
• UH Scientist Helps Study Supernova (Honolulu Advertiser, January 8, 2004)
• Deep Impact (Hawaii Business, January 2004)
• Maui Makes Finals for New Telescope (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 10, 2003)
• Large Camera Delights Astronomers (BBC, November 10, 2003)
• Hilo Telescope Sees ‘Big Picture’ in Skies (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 3, 2003)
• Old Sol Ripe for Viewing (Hawaii Tribune-Herald, October 31, 2003)
• UH Space Station Camera To Map All Coral on Earth (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 26, 2003)
• Geomagnetic Storm Hurtling toward Earth (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 25, 2003)
• UH Hopes To Land Ultimate Telescope (Honolulu Advertiser, October 23, 2003)
• Recovered Moons (Astronomy.com, October 4, 2003)
• A Bizarro "Cometoid" (Sky and Telescope, September 24, 2003)
• UH to Build Astronomy Research Facility on Maui (Maui News, July 12, 2003)
• UH to Get $5 Million to Study Life in Universe (Honolulu Advertiser, July 7, 2003)
• Prize for UH Astronomer Opens International Doors (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 28, 2003)
• UH Plans Observatory to Spot Rogue Asteroids (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 25, 2003)
• More moons of Jupiter and Saturn 2003
• Haleakala's Astronomy Role Growing (Honolulu Advertiser, March 9, 2003)
• UH Finds 7 More Jupiter Moons (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 6, 2003)
• Astronomers Spot New Jupiter Moons (Honolulu Advertiser, March 6, 2003)
• Mauna Kea Telescope Gets World's Biggest Camera (Honolulu Advertiser, March 2, 2003)
• UH Astronomy Can Blow Away Asteroids (Honolulu Advertiser, October 10, 2002)
• UH to Plan Asteroid Telescope (Honolulu Advertiser, October 9, 2002)
• UH Enlisted to Spot ‘Killer Asteroids’(Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 9, 2002)
• Astronomers to Develop New Telescopes for "Killer Asteroid" Search (SpaceRef.com, October 8, 2002)
• Extrasolar Planets (Science Friday, September 20, 2002)
• UH Readies to Defend Telescope Proposal (Hawaii Tribune-Herald, July 25, 2002)
• UH Astronomers Discover 18 Minicomets (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 26, 2002)
• Comet Crumbles (CNN.com (uly 25, 2002)
• Another One Bites the Dust (Sky & Telescope, July 24, 2002)
• Comet Breaks into 20 Pieces (Astronomy.com, July 24, 2002)
• Planet Outside Solar System Filmed (New York Times /Associated Press, May 24, 2002)
• Adaptive Optics at UH Wins Award (Honolulu Advertiser, May 23, 2002)
• UH Photo May Be First to Show a Planet Outside Solar System (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 22, 2002)
• Brown Dwarf Spotted Close to Star (spaceflightnow, May 22, 2002)
• Mysterious Object Might be First Extrasolar Planet Photographed (Space.com, May 22,2002)
• New Satellites of Jupiter 2001-2002
• Scientists gather on Big Island to debate brown dwarfs (Honolulu Advertiser, May 17, 2002)
• Isle astronomer receives award for work in optics (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 13, 2002)
• Abundance of Cometlike Objects With Moons Stuns Experts (New York Times, April 23, 2002)
  
• Hawai'i Researchers Find Dancing Asteroids in Solar System (Honolulu Advertiser, April 19, 2002)
• UH Scientists Receive$2 Million To Study Sun’s Activities (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 9, 2002)
  
• 3 UH Research Units Backed for Possible Economic Payoffs (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 2, 2002)
  
• UH Astronomers Peer Back to Universe’s Infancy (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 9, 2002)
  
• Fountains and Bubbles: New Cosmic Mysteries (New York Times, January 15, 2002)
  
• Hawaii Scientists Find Star, Dust Disk (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 8, 2002)
  
• UH Astronomers Find Planet-like Object (Honolulu Advertiser, January 7, 2002)
  
• Astronomy Institute Gleaming (Honolulu Advertiser, December 13, 2001)
  
• What Lurks in the Outer Solar System? (Science@NASA, September 13, 2001)
  
• Astronomers Gain New View of Helium Gas Leftover from the Big Bang (Ku Lama, August 31, 2001)
• Astronomy: Endless Clear Skies (Nature, June 7, 2001)
• Pluto's Little Brother (Astronomy.com, May 27, 2001)
• Pluto Has New, Far Out Peer (CNN.com, May 24, 2001)
• New World Rivals Pluto (BBC News, May 24, 2001)
• Discovery Brightens Odds of Finding Another (Space.com, May 23, 2001)
• Comets May Be Integral Component of Earth (Honolulu Advertiser, April 8, 2001)
• Suck It In, Spit It Out (Discover, April 2001)
• New Tool Will Clear Telescope’s Sight (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 22, 2001)
• Pluto As a Planet Cast in Doubt or Space Center Puts Pluto's Planethood in Doubt (Associated Press, January 26, 2001)
• Moons of Jupiter
• A Kuiper Belt Giant (Sky & Telescope, January 3, 2001)
• Helping to Shed Light on the Sun: Observatory at Summit Contributes Pieces to Scientific Puzzle (Maui News, January 2, 2001)