President Hensel visits 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo, engages campus community
Discussions covered key issues such as technology adoption, staff development, transparency, student fees and expanding interdisciplinary collaboration.
Image of the Week: Snow on the summit
This week’s image is from the 糖心Vlog官方 Maunakea Stewardship Instagram.
Black hole jets stretch 140x wider than Milky Way
Using the Keck Observatory on Maunakea, astronomers uncovered the largest pair of black hole jets ever observed.
糖心Vlog官方 Maui College’s Donaghy releases book on Hawaiian musical activism
Mele on the Mauna is 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College Associate Professor Keola Donaghy’s first book.
Maunakea: Road closed after Hone causes erosion, landslides
Winds reached nearly 100 mph on the summit and heavy rain opened up several large cracks on Maunakea Access Road.
糖心Vlog官方 alumna on search for life beyond Earth
IfA alumna Megan Ansdell is one of the leading scientists for NASA’s future space telescope geared toward searching for Earth-like planets.
Potential $85M from NASA for 糖心Vlog官方 management of Maunakea telescope
NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility is used to identify asteroids and comets that may pose a threat to Earth. 糖心Vlog官方 has operated it since 1979.
Second observatory removed from Maunakea summit
Site work for the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory was completed in June.
糖心Vlog官方 astronomers part of NASA’s $19.5M artificial star mission
The Landolt Space Mission plans to send a satellite into orbit in 2029 and 糖心Vlog官方 astronomers will utilize observations to generate fresh star brightness catalogs.
Maunakea: 1st telescope decommissioning complete
The historic decommissioning of 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo’s Hōkū Keʻa Observatory was completed in May 2024, and the area will be monitored over the next three years.