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 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 | 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...
by Roy Gal | Jun 10, 2024 | News, Research, Slider, Stars, UH Press Release
IfA astronomers and the UH 88″ telescope on Maunakea will play a key role in a newly approved $19.5 million NASA space mission that will put an artificial “star” in orbit around the Earth.
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 | Jan 7, 2022 | Current, News, Research, Stars, UH Press Release
A team of researchers used IfA’s Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) on Maui and W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island to observe a red supergiant during the last 130 days leading up to its deadly detonation.
