by Roy Gal | Jul 8, 2024 | News, Research, UH Press Release
The IfA has been selected by NASA to continue to operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Maunakea, a primary asset in NASA’s planetary defense system.
by Roy Gal | Jul 3, 2024 | Discoveries, News, Research, 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 | Jun 10, 2024 | News, Research, Stars, UH Press Release
IfA astronomers and the UH 88″ telescope on Maunakea will play a key role in a newly approved $19.5 million NASA space mission that will put an artificial “star” in orbit around the Earth.
by Roy Gal | May 23, 2024 | Current, Discoveries, Exoplanets, News, Research, UH Press Release
An international scientific team, with major contributions by astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), has announced a new catalog of 120 confirmed and six new candidate exoplanets. They were discovered using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet...
by Roy Gal | Apr 2, 2024 | News, Research, The Sun, UH Press Release
Award-winning astronomer Shadia Habbal from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) is gearing up to lead a world-class team of researchers at three North America locations to conduct in-depth observations during this rare event.
by Roy Gal | Mar 5, 2024 | Discoveries, News, Research, Surveys, UH Press Release
IfA astronomers have uncovered the closest recorded occurrence of a star being torn apart by a supermassive black hole.
