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UH astronomers discover the biggest explosion since the Big Bang

UH astronomers discover the biggest explosion since the Big Bang

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.
23rd AstroDay inspires keiki through science and stars

23rd AstroDay inspires keiki through science and stars

by Roy Gal | May 7, 2025 | News, Public Events, Slider, UH Press Release

Crowds gathered at Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo on May 3 for AstroDay 2025, a free celebration of science, technology and space exploration. Faculty, staff and students from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) were among scientists and scholars...
Maunakea telescope tunes into music of nearby star, unveils surprising discovery

Maunakea telescope tunes into music of nearby star, unveils surprising discovery

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...
UH astronomer finds the universe could be spinning

UH astronomer finds the universe could be spinning

by Roy Gal | Apr 14, 2025 | Cosmology, News, Research, Slider

A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Szapudi of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy suggests the universe may rotate—just extremely slowly. The finding could help solve one of...
Award-winning UH astronomer who studies alien worlds named fellow

Award-winning UH astronomer who studies alien worlds named fellow

by Roy Gal | Apr 8, 2025 | Awards, News, Research, Slider, The Solar System, UH Press Release

Karen Meech has spent her career chasing big questions—like how habitable worlds form and whether or not life exists beyond Earth. Now, the University of Hawaiʻi astronomer has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),...
New UH fellow to help boost planet-hunting tech

New UH fellow to help boost planet-hunting tech

by Roy Gal | Mar 31, 2025 | Exoplanets, Instrumentation, News, Research, Slider, UH Press Release

The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) will soon welcome Nour Skaf, a rising star in the field of extrasolar planet research whose work has earned international acclaim. Recently named one of eight notable 51 Pegasi b Fellows by the Heising-Simons...
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