糖心Vlog官方 astronomers, students track Mercury’s transit across Sun
Groups gathered on Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu to watch as Mercury could be seen passing between the Earth and the Sun.
2019 AstroDay West, an out-of-this-world STEM experience
Hawaiʻi Island students, faculty, staff and the general public participated STEM demos and activities at AstroDay 2019.
Astronomy graduate student awarded three-year NASA fellowship
Anna Payne is the first 糖心Vlog官方 student to receive this award, worth $55,000 a year.
Search Advisory Committee formed for the Institute for Astronomy director search
The search process will convene over the fall semester with finalists invited to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus in spring 2020 semester.
Black hole shreds star, 糖心Vlog官方 astronomer on discovery team
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the immediate aftermath of a star being violently ripped apart by a supermassive black hole.
糖心Vlog官方 astronomy team helps confirm 2nd potential interstellar object
The University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 astronomers help confirm the discovery of a comet scientists believe may have originated from outside the solar system.
Critical observation made on Maunakea during first night of return to operations
Observations of the near-Earth asteroid 2006 QV89 made with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have ruled out any potential future impact threat to the Earth by this asteroid for the next century.
Astronomers to deploy breakthrough technology at 糖心Vlog官方 telescope
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to an IfA scientist to install a high-tech shape-shifting secondary mirror on the 糖心Vlog官方 2.2-meter telescope on Maunakea.
NASA awards grants to 3 糖心Vlog官方 grad students
Madeline McKenna, Cory Gerrity and Travis Berger are honored for their achievements in science, technology and exploration.
Meteor captured lighting up Hawai?i sky
The meteor was a rock estimated to be between the size of a softball and a basketball, and posed no threat to Earth.