?Imiloa¡¯s mission of culture/astronomy earns recognition
An article published in Nature Astronomy applauds ʻ±õ³¾¾±±ô´Ç²¹¡¯²õ ability to intersect indigenous knowledge with astronomy.
Regents approve budget that targets student mental health services, need based scholarships and Maunakea
The Board of Regents approved a $28.1 million supplementary operating budget request on November 21 that includes expanding the Â鶹´«Ã½ Promise Scholarship Program, increasing mental health services and educational and cultural programming for Maunakea.
Maunakea telescopes win the ‘Oscars of Science’ for P¨wehi
Two telescopes were part of an international collaboration that won the $3 million 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics award, for the world¡¯s first image of a supermassive black hole.
?Imiloa Astronomy Center invites visitors to share their mana?o about Maunakea
A new “reflecting wall” exhibit at the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center, entitled “Maunakea Reflections,” invites visitors to write and post their thoughts and opinions about Maunakea.
?Imiloa: Sharing Hawai?i¡¯s legacy of exploration
The ʻImiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo has been doing groundbreaking work to integrate modern science and indigenous culture since the center first opened in 2006.
UH Hilo Hawaiian language expert names new telescope instrument
The new instrument N¨¡makanui (The Big Eyes) is comprised of three cameras and will allow astronomers to seek out the coldest gas and dust in the universe.
Camp ?Imi-Possible leads students on exploration of native insect life
Young scientists explored native and endemic insects and spiders found in Hawaiʻī and nowhere else in the world at the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center¡¯s Camp ʻImi-Possible.
?Imiloa Astronomy Center hosts Hilo keiki in summer program
The visit to the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center gave participants a “mauka” immersion to contrast the “makai” setting of the STEM-focused ocean awareness ʻIke Kai program.
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.
UH Hilo professor names black hole capturing world¡¯s attention
UH Hilo Hawaiian language professor and cultural practitioner Larry Kimura named the black hole P¨wehi, a name sourced from the Kumulipo.