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Maunakea telescope tunes into music of nearby star, unveils surprising discovery

Maunakea telescope tunes into music of nearby star, unveils surprising discovery

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...
New UH fellow to help boost planet-hunting tech

New UH fellow to help boost planet-hunting tech

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...
UH Astronomers Uncover Risks to Planets That Could Host Life

UH Astronomers Uncover Risks to Planets That Could Host Life

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...
UH astronomers help uncover array of strange exoplanet worlds

UH astronomers help uncover array of strange exoplanet worlds

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...
Hawaiʻi astronomers discover death-defying planet

Hawaiʻi astronomers discover death-defying planet

by Roy Gal | Jun 28, 2023 | Exoplanets, News, Research, UH Press Release

When our Sun reaches the end of its life, it will expand to 100 times its current size, enveloping the Earth. Many planets in other solar systems face a similar doom as their host stars grow old. But not all hope is lost, as astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi...
Best spectrum ever obtained of planetary-mass object outside our solar system

Best spectrum ever obtained of planetary-mass object outside our solar system

by Roy Gal | Mar 24, 2023 | Exoplanets, News, Research

Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere. The atmosphere is constantly rising, mixing, and moving during its 22-hour day, bringing hotter material up and pushing colder...
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