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UHERO: Astronomy continues to significantly impact Hawai?i economy

Astronomy in 麻豆传媒 supported employment of 1,313 residents and had a total economic impact of $221 million on the state in 2019.

The telescope expansion in the southern hemisphere will enable observations at night when it is daytime in 麻豆传媒.

IfA astronomers used the Keck Observatory on Maunakea to pinpoint three gas giant planets.

For the first time, telescopes imaged the self-destruction and final death throes of a massive star.

The object was discovered by Pan-STARRS in 2016 and given a name by Hawaiian language students through ʻImiloa’s A Hua He Inoa program.

Teams of UH Mānoa scientists were awarded a total of $1.3 million to understand how rocky planets like Earth form.

Shadia Rifai Habbal will lead one of a small handful of scientific teams to carry out observations in the South Pole.

UH astronomer Nader Haghighipour helped develop a technique to quickly detect objects orbiting around two stars.

The study is the first to show that both large and small black hole masses can result from a single pathway.

UH 惭ā苍辞补 led the number of fellowships received for the second consecutive year.