#Hubble Telescope
Rare, Quadruply Lensed Supernova discovered using data from observatory on Hawaiʻi Island
Astronomers have discovered a supernova whose light was so warped by the gravity of a galaxy that it appears as four images in the sky.
NASA’s historic space telescope features groundbreaking UH-designed sensors
After NASA launches the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on a historic mission this month, scientists anticipate their first glimpses of the most distant objects ever seen in the universe using UH-designed sensors.
Hawaiʻi’s Keck Observatory Aids in Discovery of Rare “Quadruply Imaged Quasars”
Machine-learning techniques led a team of astronomers to discover a dozen quasars that have been warped by a naturally occurring cosmic “lens” and split into four similar images. Quasars are extremely luminous cores of distant galaxies that are powered by supermassive black holes.
AKAKA MEETS HAWAII BORN SPACE SHUTTLE CREW MEMBER
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka met today with the crew of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis who successfully repaired the Hubble Telescope on mission STS-125 in May. The crew includes Honolulu-born and Saint Francis High School graduate Dr. Megan McArthur, who was Mission Specialist. McArthur told Akaka that the feeling of weightlessness was incredible. She said […]
