by Roy Gal | Mar 5, 2024 | Discoveries, News, Research, Slider, Surveys, UH Press Release
IfA astronomers have uncovered the closest recorded occurrence of a star being torn apart by a supermassive black hole.
by Roy Gal | Feb 7, 2024 | ISM, Star Formation, News, Research, Stars, UH Press Release
The discovery of a powerful eruption on a Sun-like star more than 400 light years away has been unveiled in research co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi astronomer.
by Roy Gal | Feb 1, 2024 | Awards, News, Research, The Solar System, UH Press Release
IfA astronomer Karen Meech has been named a fellow of the American Astronomical Society in recognition of her ground-breaking research on solar and extrasolar comets, the distribution of water in the solar system, organization of large international observing teams,...
by Roy Gal | Jan 7, 2024 | Current, Instrumentation, News, Research, UH Press Release
UH is in the initial stages of establishing a space engineering and instrument development center at the IfA facilities on the UH Hilo campus.
by Roy Gal | Dec 6, 2023 | News, Research, The Sun, UH Press Release
A team led by University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy Postdoctoral Researcher Kai Yang and Associate Professor Xudong Sun developed a model to explain “super flares” on other stars.
by Roy Gal | Dec 1, 2023 | Current, Research
Are you an undergraduate looking for a paid summer astronomy research internship? Check out our Research Experiences for Undergraduates program! Applications are open now, until Jan. 31, 2024. Program dates are June 3 – August 9, 2024, and include a stipend,...
