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Hawaiʻi astronomers part of $11M grant to design software for new space telescope

by Roy Gal | Sep 20, 2023 | Cosmology, Current, News, Research, UH Press Release

A University of Hawaiʻi astronomer is co-leading a team that was recently awarded $11 million to develop critical tools for NASA’s trailblazing Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

$4M boosts IfA development of new sensors for exoplanet imaging

by Roy Gal | Jun 22, 2023 | Current, Instrumentation, Research, UH Press Release

A research team led by IfA astronomer Michael Bottom has been awarded $4 million from NASA to aid in their exoplanet research. The grant will be used to develop a new generation of ultra-sensitive sensors needed to observe distant planets and their atmospheres

Blending of astronomy, art represented in student-designed IfA mural

by Roy Gal | Mar 29, 2023 | Current, News, UH Press Release

A student-designed mural blending astronomy and tropical flowers now spans the street-facing wall inside the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) courtyard. The artist, Cyan Garma, a student in the Department of Art and Art History, collaborated with...

Largest catalog of exploding stars now available

by Roy Gal | Mar 15, 2023 | Cosmology, Current, News, Research, Surveys, UH Press Release

The largest data release of relatively nearby supernovae (colossal explosions of stars) , containing three years of data from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy’s (IfA) Pan-STARRS telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui, is publicly available via the Young...