by Roy Gal | Jul 3, 2024 | Discoveries, News, Research, Slider, The Solar System, UH Press Release
An asteroid newly-discovered by one of our ATLAS telescopes passed close to Earth, inside the Moon’s orbit, during the evening of June 28.
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 | Oct 24, 2023 | News, The Solar System, UH Press Release
A near-Earth asteroid now officially bears the name of John Jefferies, founder and first Director of the IfA.
by Roy Gal | Jul 31, 2023 | News, Research, The Solar System, UH Press Release
The roughly 600-foot-long asteroid, designated 2022 SF289, was discovered during a test drive of the algorithm, using the ATLAS survey in Hawaiʻi.
by Roy Gal | Jul 31, 2023 | News, Research, The Solar System, UH Press Release
IfA astronomer István Szapudi has proposed a novel approach—a solar shield to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth, combined with a tethered, captured asteroid as a counterweight.
by Roy Gal | Jan 24, 2023 | Awards, Current, News, The Solar System, UH Press Release
The AAS has awarded UH Astronomer Karen Meech the Dannie Heineman Prize for her trailblazing contributions in astrophysics.
