Science and Hawaiian culture converge in presentation at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
Contention continues over the development of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Maunakea — a debate that is sometimes pitted as...
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Science Says: Airplane turbulence can strike out of the blue
NEW YORK — They literally don’t see it coming. “Clear-air turbulence,” which evidently jolted an Air Canada flight Thursday over...
Institute for Astronomy to continue managing telescope
The University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy was awarded a contract by NASA to continue to manage its telescope on...
Ige: Work on Thirty Meter Telescope starts next week
Photo courtesy TMT / A rendering of the planned exterior of the Thirty Meter Telescope. Photo courtesy TMT / An...
Test of stratospheric flying wing planned for Lanai By William Cole
A new venture on Lanai will test high-altitude, solar-powered drones meant to deliver expanded cellphone coverage from the skies. A...
Two UH astronomers part of international team that agrees on a natural origin for ʻOumuamua
A team of international asteroid and comet experts now agree that ʻOumuamua, the first recorded interstellar visitor, has natural origins, despite...
Stakes are sky high for contentious telescope project By Timothy Hurley
A lot has happened in the four years since construction of the landmark Thirty Meter Telescope was stopped in its...
Keck helps trace cosmic radio waves to distant galaxy
Astronomers are now able to pinpoint the origin of cosmic radio waves over billions of light years thanks in part...
Breakthrough: UH team successfully locates incoming asteroid
Breakthrough: UH team successfully locates incoming asteroid For the first time, astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi have demonstrated that...
KECK OBSERVATORY WELCOMES RILEY ATKINSON
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101336625199&ca=03774a12-99d8-4f62-b527-303407e3a653 KECK OBSERVATORY WELCOMES RILEY ATKINSON Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii – We are pleased to announce that Riley Atkinson will join W. M. Keck...
(BOX FARM) UH students develop farm built to feed astronauts By Timothy Hurley
It’s called Box Farm, and it is literally a farm in a box — an automated hydroponic gardening system that...
Skywatch: Isles will experience pair of Lahaina Noons By Chad Kalepa Baybayan and Emily Peavy, Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
Hokule‘a, Arcturus in the constellation Bootes, is the zenith star for Hawaii, passing above the Kau desert on Hawaii island....
Across the Universe: Setting holidays using the night sky By Across the Universe Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope staff
When CFHT staff visits local students, we often use Easter as an example of a holiday where the date is...
Science and culture lessons burn as bright as the stars
WAIMEA — What is science? What is culture? These are just a few of the questions Waimea Country School’s fourth-...
Picture was clear, but black hole’s name a little fuzzy (UPDATE)
WASHINGTON — The newly pictured supermassive black hole is a beast with no name, at least not an official one....
Was Einstein right? Hawaii and the Event Horizon Telescope
Was Einstein right? Hawaii and the Event Horizon Telescope An artist rendering of the black hole. A special presentation about...
(Photo & Video) First-ever black hole image revealed (Photo & Video)
COURTESY SMITHSONIAN SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY The Submillimeter Array, an eight-dish radio interferometer operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, pictured above, and the...
Planet Nine SHOCK: Telescopes in Hawaii are hunting down mystery planet larger than Earth
ASTRONOMERS hunting down the mysterious Planet Nine on the fringes of the solar system are using powerful telescopes in Hawaii...
How scientists PREDICTED Hawaii volcano was on BRINK of HUGE eruption
HAWAII’S volcano erupted explosively last year - destroying hundreds of homes. Now it has been revealed scientists predicted the eruption...
Across the Universe: High school students reaching for the stars By Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Staff
In 2016, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and Gemini Observatory piloted the Maunakea Scholars program at two Hawaii public high schools. The...
