UH-discovered Earth Trojan asteroid is largest to date
An asteroid bigger than the UH Mānoa campus, discovered by our Pan-STARRS telescope, is only the second-known object of its kind ever found. The near-Earth object, asteroid 2020 XL5, is an Earth Trojan asteroid, which is an asteroid companion to Earth that orbits the...
NASA awards $15M for asteroid hunting telescopes on Maui
The IfA received a $15 million NASA grant to continue its world-leading efforts to discover Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs).
Asteroids named after UH astronomers
Naming asteroids is serious business.
Lunar eclipse aids in locating 3 Near-Earth asteroids
Every night, the University of Hawaiʻi Pan-STARRS telescopes on Hakeakalā scan the sky for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), asteroids or comets that may come close to or even hit Earth in the future.
30-year stellar survey cracks mysteries of galaxy’s giant planets
Current and former astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have wrapped up a massive collaborative study that set out to determine if most solar systems in the universe are similar to our own.