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 | Jun 26, 2025 | Awards, Instrumentation, News, Research, Slider, UH Press Release
The University of Hawaiʻi’s 2.2-meter (88 inch) telescope on Maunakea has been recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as an IEEE Milestone, a significant honor spotlighting innovations that changed the world.
by Roy Gal | Jun 4, 2025 | Galaxies, News, Research, Slider, Stars, UH Press Release
A team at the University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has uncovered a dazzling new kind of cosmic explosion, more energetic than anything seen before.
by Roy Gal | May 7, 2025 | News, Public Events, Slider, UH Press Release
Crowds gathered at Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo on May 3 for AstroDay 2025, a free celebration of science, technology and space exploration. Faculty, staff and students from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) were among scientists and scholars...
by Roy Gal | May 6, 2025 | Exoplanets, News, Research, Slider, Stars, UH Press Release
A team of astronomers led by Yaguang Li, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), has used a Maunakea telescope to listen to the music of a nearby star, uncovering surprises that shake our understanding of how stars...
by Roy Gal | Apr 14, 2025 | Cosmology, News, Research, Slider
A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Szapudi of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy suggests the universe may rotate—just extremely slowly. The finding could help solve one of...
