Nick Kaiser awarded Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honor
Nick Kaiser is being honored for his extensive theoretical and observational work on cosmology, including how matter—both dark and visible—is distributed on the largest scales.
From vision to reality: UH Hilo¡¯s H¨k¨± Ke?a telescope comes into focus
Astronomer Pierre Martin and student Callie Crowder?have assembled and calibrated the telescope’s various components, including the computers, dome and instruments.
Ice is everywhere on the dwarf planet Ceres
Newly published studies from Dawn scientists show two distinct lines of evidence for ice at or near the surface of Ceres.
Giving the Sun a brake
Astronomers from the UH Institute for Astronomy, Brazil and Stanford University describe the physical mechanism responsible for slowing the Sun’s outer layers.
Kepler discoveries focus of Windward CC chemistry forum
Nader Haghighipour will discuss NASA¡¯s Kepler mission and the discovery of new planetary candidates on September 22 at Windward CC.
Brent Tully honored as ARCS Honolulu Scientist of the Year
R. Brent Tully, considered the father of modern observational cosmology, received the ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter’s 2016 Scientist of the Year award.
Project Imua team completes final tests and integration at NASA Wallops
Students from four Â鶹´«Ã½Community Colleges finished the remove before flight procedures for Project Imua.
Project Imua team ready for second NASA launch
The team successfully conducted final mission simulation tests of their payload and scientific experiments.
Planets with the highest likelihood of harboring life identified
A research group including IfA’s Nader Haghighipour used data from NASA’s Kepler to identify planets that could support life.
UH Hilo students to have access to Maunakea telescopes
In addition to allotting time with the telescopes, the agreement seeks to improve the integration of UH Hilo’s physics and astronomy department with the IfA Hilo branch.