JWST Takes Its First Exoplanet Image
A team including UH astronomers has taken the first-ever direct exoplanet image with JWST.
IfA alumnus lands Sloan Fellowship to expand extrasolar planet research
IfA graduate Brendan Bowler (PhD 2013) has received the esteemed Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics, an honor that recognizes outstanding early-career scientists.
Newly-discovered planets will be ‘swallowed’ by their stars
IfA Astronomers are part of a team that recently discovered three planets orbiting dangerously close to stars nearing the ends of their lives.
New Method to Detect Tatooine-like Planets Validated
A new technique developed in part by University of Hawaiʻi astronomer Nader Haghighipour has allowed scientists to quickly detect a transiting planet with two suns.
Infant planet discovered by UH-led team using Maunakea telescopes
One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty, students, and alumni.