Artist rendering. Credit: UH News A groundbreaking study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Department of Chemistry has revealed that key molecules essential to the metabolic processes that power life may have formed in deep space long before Earth came into...
Above: PISCES staff members Amber Imai-Hong and Ashley Truchan talk with visitors at the Hawaiʻi aerospace booth during the 40th Space Symposium on Apr. 8. We joined more than 12,000 people from around the world at the Space Foundation’s 40th annual Space...
Shadow of FireFly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 Lander on the Moon on March 2, 2025. Credit: FireFly Aerospace NASA’s new Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) just passed a major test on the Moon, marking a big win for future lunar missions. Carried aboard Firefly Aerospace’s...
Above: A retrieval crew approaches the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft after it landed in waters off the Florida Coast on March 18 at 11:57a HST. Credit: NASA TV Welcome home! On March 18, 2025, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were the center of global...
Artist depiction of the Lucy spacecraft near a Trojan asteroid. Credit: UH News/NASA UH Mānoa planetary scientist Emily Costello has been selected by NASA to join its Lucy mission—the first spacecraft to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Costello, who is a...
