UH assumes ownership of United Kingdom Infrared telescope
UH will assume ownership of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope on Maunakea.
Earthquake-damaged Japanese observatory finds new home on Haleakalā
The Institute for Astronomy facilitates the re-use of an existing dome on Haleakalā for the Tohoku 60-centimeter telescope.
UH scientist maps supercluster of galaxies, names it Laniākea
UH Mānoa astronomer R. Brent Tully has led an international team of astronomers in defining the supercluster of galaxies containing our own Milky Way
New astrophysics and astronomy degrees launched at UH 惭ā苍辞补
The Board of Regents approved the College of Natural Sciences’ undergraduate astronomy and astrophysics degree programs.
Laser wielding robot probes exoplanet systems
An international team, including the Institute for Astronomy’s Christoph Baranec, is using the world’s first robotic laser adaptive optics system to explore thousands of exoplanet systems.
Record precision achieved in mass map of galaxy cluster
An international team of astronomers, including the Institute for Astronomy’s Harald Ebeling, has mapped the mass within a galaxy cluster more precisely than ever before.
R. Brent Tully wins prestigious astronomy prize
UH Mānoa astronomer R. Brent Tully is a co-winner of the 2014 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize.
UH receives major contract for solar telescope instrument
UH Institute for Astronomy awarded major contract to build new instrument to measure solar magnetism.
Silhouettes of early galaxies reveal few seeds for new stars
An international team of astronomers, including Regina Jorgenson of the Institute of Astronomy at the UH 惭ā苍辞补, discover a lack of hydrogen molecules in young galaxies
R. Brent Tully wins major cosmology prize
Institute for Astronomy researcher R. Brent Tully is one of four recipients of the $500,000 Gruber Foundation prize in 2014.