by Roy Gal | Nov 12, 2025 | News, Research, Stars, Top Stories, UH Press Release
Astronomers have captured one of the universe’s most dramatic moments—the instant a massive star exploded and the blast broke through the star’s surface
by Roy Gal | Nov 6, 2025 | Public Events, Top Stories, UH Press Release
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa helped inspire hundreds of keiki and community members at the 24th annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery on October 19. Hosted by the Hawaiʻ Space Grant Consortium (HSGC) in partnership with UH Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy...
by Roy Gal | Oct 1, 2025 | News, Research, The Sun, Top Stories, UH Press Release
It rains on the Sun, and thanks to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), we finally know why.
by Roy Gal | Jul 23, 2025 | News, UH Press Release
Solar physicist John T. Jefferies joined the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa faculty at age 39 in 1964. He was from Australia and had worked at other American universities before arriving in Hawai‘i. Within a year, the young researcher set into motion the beginnings of...
by Roy Gal | Jul 2, 2025 | Current, Discoveries, News, Research, Surveys, The Solar System, Top Stories, UH Press Release
One of the ATLAS telescopes operated by the University of Hawaiʻi has detected the third known interstellar (from outside our solar system) object to enter our solar system. Researchers say that it poses no danger to Earth.
by Roy Gal | Jun 26, 2025 | Awards, Instrumentation, News, Research, Top Stories, UH Press Release
The University of Hawaiʻi’s 2.2-meter (88 inch) telescope on Maunakea has been recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as an IEEE Milestone, a significant honor spotlighting innovations that changed the world.
