AstroDay in East Hawaiʻi Returns May 14

AstroDay in East Hawaiʻi Returns May 14

Hilo’s beloved AstroDay celebration of science and discovery is back! All ages are invited for a day of educational fun on Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo. Organized by the Maunakea Astronomy Outreach Committee,...
Hawaiʻi Students Invited to Name New Lunar Camera

Hawaiʻi Students Invited to Name New Lunar Camera

Image: ILOA, CSYS, Intuitive Machines The first camera to photograph the Milky Way galaxy from the surface of the Moon needs a name! Local students are invited to submit Hawaiian name ideas for the International Lunar Observatory Association’s ILO-X Moon Camera—one of...
Tensions Over War in Ukraine Threaten ISS Partnership

Tensions Over War in Ukraine Threaten ISS Partnership

Image: NASA Speeding across the skies some 250 miles overhead, the International Space Station is a tangible symbol of international cooperation and has largely remained above the realm of geopolitics—both literally and metaphorically—since it was built. But Russia’s...
UH Asteroid Tracking System Upgraded to Survey Entire Sky

UH Asteroid Tracking System Upgraded to Survey Entire Sky

Earthlings are better-equipped to detect asteroid threats thanks to the expansion of a NASA-funded program run by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA). ATLAS, or Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System, has...