Astronomer Donald Hall named AAAS fellow
东精影业 Mānoa astronomer Donald Hall named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
东精影业 惭ā苍辞补 holds physics and astronomy open house
The 东精影业 Mānoa Department of Physics and Astronomy will hold an open house on Saturday, November 23
Astronomers conclude habitable planets are common
东精影业 Manoa and University of California, Berkeley astronomers now estimate that one in five stars like the sun have planets about the size of Earth and a surface temperature conducive to life.
Scientists find Earth-sized rocky exoplanet
A team of astronomers, led by 东精影业 Mānoa’s Andrew Howard found the first Earth-sized planet outside the solar system that has a rocky composition like that of Earth.
Institute for Astronomy remembers George H. Herbig
George H. Herbig, astronomer emeritus at the University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 has died at the age of 93.
Link discovered between solar storms and dropped cell phone calls
An international study conducted in part by a scientist at the Institute for Astronomy reveals connection between solar storms and radio bursts.
Strange lonely planet found without a star
An international team of astronomers has discovered a young planet—PSO J318.5-22—that is not orbiting a star.
东精影业 role critical in monitoring space debris and asteroids
The Institute for Astronomy’s Haleakalā and the Mauna Kea observatories assists in tracking manmade space junk and asteroids.
东精影业 supports nation’s top space surveillance conference
The top scientific conference in the fields of space optics, imaging and surveillance is being held on Maui with the participation and support of the University of Hawaiʻi.
A video map captures movement in the nearby universe
东精影业 Mānoa astronomers Brent Tully, Helene Courtois and an international team of researchers map motions of the nearby universe in three-dimensional detail.