Just Look Up: Expanded UH asteroid tracking system can monitor entire sky
A state-of-the-art asteroid alert system operated by the IfA can now scan the entire dark sky every 24 hours for dangerous bodies that could plummet toward Earth. The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has expanded its reach to the...
UH astronomers use local ship to prepare for Antarctic eclipse expedition
The next total solar eclipse is December 4, but there’s no easy way to view it because totality will be over Antarctica! IfA Astronomer Shadia Habbal has partnered with local company Atlantis Cruises, to test their equipment on its vessel, the Majestic.
Fastest Asteroid Around the Sun Discovered
A team including University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) astronomer David Tholen has discovered an asteroid with the shortest known orbital period around the Sun – only 113 days.
UH-discovered comet could become visible in spring 2022
A new comet discovered this summer by University of Hawaiʻi’s Pan-STARRS1 telescope atop Hakeakalā may become bright enough for spectators to see as it moves closer to Earth.
Asteroids named after UH astronomers
Naming asteroids is serious business.