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...
by Roy Gal | Apr 8, 2025 | Awards, News, Research, Slider, The Solar System, UH Press Release
Karen Meech has spent her career chasing big questions—like how habitable worlds form and whether or not life exists beyond Earth. Now, the University of Hawaiʻi astronomer has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),...
by Roy Gal | Mar 31, 2025 | Exoplanets, Instrumentation, News, Research, Slider, UH Press Release
The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) will soon welcome Nour Skaf, a rising star in the field of extrasolar planet research whose work has earned international acclaim. Recently named one of eight notable 51 Pegasi b Fellows by the Heising-Simons...
by Roy Gal | Feb 2, 2025 | News, Research, The Solar System, UH Press Release
A University of Hawaiʻi-operated telescope has discovered a fairly large asteroid that may impact the Earth. The historic asteroid, 2024 YR4, was first detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in December 2024 as it flew past the...
by Roy Gal | Aug 5, 2024 | Exoplanets, News, Research, Slider, Stars, UH Press Release
A groundbreaking study has revealed that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much higher than previously believed. This discovery suggests that the intense UV radiation from these flares could significantly...
