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Possible interstellar visitor headed toward Sun discovered by UH telescope
A telescope operated by the University of Hawaiʻi has detected the third known interstellar (from outside our solar system) object to enter our solar system. Researchers say that it poses no danger to Earth.
UH astronomers produce catalog to extensively map universe
A team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi and Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary has produced a massive new catalog of high-fidelity distance estimates to more than 350 million galaxies, revealing in detail the soap-bubble structure of the universe.
Maui Teens Track Satellite Plummeting to Earth
Two Maui middle school students spotted a space satellite projected to break up and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, August 29 around 10:45 a.m. over the South Pacific. Maui students Holden Suzuki and Wilson Chau used observations from one of Halaeakalā’s telescopes to track the inoperative satellite, OGO-1.
