UH-built upgrade to Maunakea telescope to help detect exoplanets
An IfA team developed and built a new infrared instrument for Keck Observatory on Maunakea that will help sharpen observations of exoplanets and young dwarf stars.
UH astronomers to construct 3D map of Milky Way galaxy
Dan Huber and his team were awarded a grant to create the largest 3D map ever constructed of the Milky Way’s outer regions.
Astronomy at UH plays key role in 30 years of NSF instrumentation funding
From world-class infrared imaging to groundbreaking laser optics, UH IfA have had major impacts on the field of astronomy.
UH 惭ā苍辞补 alumnus goes to battle on Jeopardy!
UH 惭ā苍辞补 grad Jeff Rich will appear on the season premiere of hit TV game show Jeopardy! on Monday, September 14.
Maui 8th graders’ satellite discovery nets national attention
The UH-mentored students’ helped scientists determine a 1,070-pound space satellite would explode over the South Pacific on August 29.
UH 惭ā苍辞补 researchers predict location of novel candidate for mysterious dark energy
UH researchers explain what may be the cause of the universe’s accelerating growth.
Maui teens track space satellite plummeting to Earth
Maui middle schoolers mentored by UH outreach astronomer spot 1070-pound space satellite expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on August 29.
Maunakea internal management restructuring approved by regents
The plan covers all operating and advisory units associated with Maunakea, establishes clearer lines of accountability and improves transparency within UH’s management operations.
UH astronomers cast world-wide ‘net’ of telescopes to catch mysterious fading stars
UH astronomers will study stars that dim in a dramatic and usually unpredictable manner due to dust in clouds and disks around those stars.
Hawai?i students track asteroid as it passes near Earth
IfA HI STAR students help astronomers track approaching asteroid using telescopes on Maui.