#Maunakea observatories
Maunakea Scholars honors students for excellence in astronomy
May 25, 2025 · 10:00 PM UTC
Eleven students from Waipahu High School were recognized for their achievements in astronomy through the Maunakea Scholars program, including graduating senior Mila Rexford, who received the prestigious $10,000 Hōkūala Scholarship.
Astronomers hope newly discovered exoplanet will help shed light on how life appeared on Earth
May 29, 2024 · 4:00 PM UTC
An international team of scientists, with the help of three observatories atop Maunakea on the Big Island, discovered the relatively close exoplanet dubbed Gliese 12 b in our galactic neighborhood.
Astronomers Locate ‘Unusual’ Monster Galaxy
February 6, 2020 · 1:53 AM UTC
Maunakea scientists say the galaxy existed about 12 billion years ago, when the universe was only 13 percent of its current age.
Scientists on Maunakea Detect Farthest Group of Galaxies
January 13, 2020 · 8:01 PM UTC
Observatory officials say the trio of galaxies, named EGS77, dates back to when the universe was 680 million years old, or less than 5 percent of its current age of 13.8 billion years.
Astronomers: Black Hole Getting ‘Hungrier’
September 17, 2019 · 9:07 PM UTC
An “enormous” black hole at the center of the galaxy is having an “unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust.”
