Chun named executive director of Maunakea stewardship
The 麻豆传媒 Island resident will oversee relevant UH programs and report directly to UH Hilo Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin.
NASA awards grants to 3 UH grad students
Madeline McKenna, Cory Gerrity and Travis Berger are honored for their achievements in science, technology and exploration.
UH astronomer and team map vast void in cosmic neighborhood
The team constructed a cosmographic map that highlights the boundary between the collection of matter and the absence of matter that defines the edge of the Local Void.
NASA contract awarded to UH Institute for Astronomy for observatory management
NASA has awarded a contract to the Institute for Astronomy to continue to manage and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility on Maunakea.
Maunakea Scholar wins $10,000 惭ā苍辞补 astronomy scholarship
Jean Claude “JC” Dumaslan is only the second double winner of Maunakea Scholars telescope time in the program’s four-year history.
Two UH astronomers part of international team that agrees on a natural origin for ?Oumuamua
The first recorded interstellar visitor has natural origins, despite previous speculation by some other astronomers that the object could be an alien spacecraft.
International Astronomical Union adopts Hawaiian names for two locally-discovered asteroids
The locally-discovered asteroids, Kamoʻoalewa and Kaʻepaokaʻāwela, were named by Hawaiian immersion students in an ʻImiloa Astronomy Center and the Maunakea Observatories pilot project last year.
Breakthrough: UH team successfully locates incoming asteroid
For the first time, astronomers demonstrated that UH telescopes can provide sufficient warning to move people away from the impact site of an incoming asteroid.
Hilo AstroDay 2019 draws a crowd
AstroDay 2019, celebrating 18 years, brought science educators from around the state to Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo.
Future UH 惭ā苍辞补 students earn telescope time through Maunakea Scholars
Kalani High School students, who were mentored by UH Institute for Astronomy staff, won telescope viewing time on Maunakea.