by Roy Gal | Jul 2, 2025 | Current, Discoveries, News, Research, Slider, Surveys, The Solar System, UH Press Release
One of the ATLAS telescopes operated by the University of Hawaiʻi has detected the third known interstellar (from outside our solar system) object to enter our solar system. Researchers say that it poses no danger to Earth.
by Roy Gal | Apr 1, 2025 | Current, Public Events
The 2025 IfA Mānoa Open House will be April 13th, 11am-4pm! Free admission and free parking Event partners and activities: TWO Portable planetariums with IfA and Bishop Museum UH Bookstore book and activity sales NEW! Lego Robotics, Indigenous Game Design, and RC...
by Roy Gal | May 23, 2024 | Current, Discoveries, Exoplanets, News, Research, UH Press Release
An international scientific team, with major contributions by astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), has announced a new catalog of 120 confirmed and six new candidate exoplanets. They were discovered using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet...
by Roy Gal | May 2, 2024 | Current, Public Events
“Star Wars” fans are welcome to invade Hilo’s Prince Kuhio Plaza on Saturday for the annual AstroDay — where attendees can learn about scientific discoveries and technology all day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “We’re playing off the ‘Star Wars’ theme this year since our...
by Roy Gal | Mar 18, 2024 | Current, Public Events
The 2024 IfA Mānoa Open House will be April 21st, 11am-4pm! Free admission and free parking Event partners and activities: TWO Portable planetariums with IfA and Bishop Museum UH Bookstore book and activity sales NEW! Straw Rockets with American Institute of...
by Roy Gal | Jan 30, 2024 | Current, Public Events
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