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Subaru Telescope on Maunakea helps reveal changes in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Their observations suggest that the comet’s chemistry changed as it passed near the Sun, providing new clues to how material in interstellar comets differs from that in comets formed in our Solar System.
Maui telescope used in study of hypervelocity star, found speeding across the Milky Way
A rare star in our galaxy is racing across the sky at an impressive ~1.3 million mph. With its speed and unusual trajectory, this L subdwarf could be fast enough to potentially escape the Milky Way. Located just 400 light-years away, It’s the first hypervelocity very low mass star discovered, and it’s also the nearest known hypervelocity star to Earth.
UH breaks record for third consecutive year with $615.7M in extramural funding
The University of Hawaiʻi set another extramural funding record with $615.7 million in fiscal year 2024. This marks the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in funding with a record-setting total that is a $99.8 million or a 19.3% increase over UH’s previous record of $515.9 million set in FY 2023. Extramural funding is external investments from […]
University of Hawaiʻi launching space tech development center, student-training hub
The University of Hawaiʻi is in the initial stages of establishing a space engineering and instrument development center at the UH Institute for Astronomy’s facilities on the UH Hilo campus, thanks to general fund support from the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green.
Maui’s Pan-STARRS telescope helps log largest catalog of exploding stars
The Pan-STARRS telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui has collected data that is now being released as the largest catalog of exploding stars. The data from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy’s Pan-STARRS telescope contains three years of research and is now publicly available via the Young Supernova Experiment.
Astronomers on Maui work every night to protect Earth from asteroids big and small
The University of Hawaiʻi is a major contributor to protecting Earth from asteroids big and small with several telescopes and programs on Maui.
UH: Telescope atop Haleakalā to help track impact of intentional spacecraft, asteroid collision
The Faulkes North telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui, is among the observatories that University of Hawaiʻi astronomers will use to track the impact of a planned crash between a spacecraft and an asteroid.
