Astronomy

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Hawaiʻi Island observatory will contribute 100 nights to international space research.

Using hands-on activities, volunteer educators from Maunakea Observatories and other institutions shared their knowledge of astronomy.

The discovery is the result of a decades-long survey that is now providing new insights into how galaxies form and evolve.

Astronomers identified the most distant fast radio burst to date, which offered insights into both the origins of these mysterious bursts and the evolution of the early universe.

The planet, known as Elias 2-24 b, is still gathering material from the disk of gas and dust surrounding its young host star, allowing scientists to study a giant planet that is growing.

Subaru Telescope’s archival images has unveiled insights into a distant comet’s behavior, which differs from the dark asteroids it resembles.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will begin a mission after it launches Aug. 30 to capture sweeping views of the universe on a scale never before possible and five University of Hawai‘i-led research programs were selected in the mission’s first highly competitive round.

The free event will feature activities related to science, technology, engineering and math as well as hands-on experiments, space and astronomy exploration and more.

W. M. Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island and European Space Agency Euclid mission double known population of these extremely luminous distant galactic cores powered by supermassive black holes, including the two most distant ever found.

There once again is a unique variety of events and activities coming up during the next week, promising a ton of fun for keiki to kūpuna; check out our top 10 things to do on the Big Island now!

The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope on Maunakea will conclude science operations on September 15, 2026 and will prepare for its decommissioning by 2030.

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he Maunakea Scholars program is a statewide initiative that empowers public high school students with opportunities to engage in world-class astronomical research.

The visit, coordinated through the U.S. Department of Defense’s annual Defense Attaché Orientation Program, gave the 50-some diplomats a chance to learn how University of Hawaiʻi researchers and international partners help drive some of the world’s most important astronomical discoveries.

Observations suggest the comet’s chemistry changed as it passed near the sun, providing new clues to how materials in interstellar comets differ from those in comets formed in this part of the cosmic neighborhood.

This upcoming weekend promises 3 days packed full of so much fun for the entire ‘ohana, we had to slightly increase the top 10 to a top 11 things to do — with activities, events and festivals planned spanning from the earth under your feet to outer space.

The discovery offers new clues into how brown dwarfs grow and change over time.

Researchers with the help of a Mauna Kea observatory construct first complete spectrum of the two distinct rings orbiting around the seventh planet in the solar system, revealing composition and formation history.

Launch window opens at 12:24 p.m. Hawai‘i Standard Time — in less than T-minus 30 minutes now — for the first crewed flight in more than 50 years to blast off on a path toward the moon.