Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have discovered a way to synthetically make building blocks for DNA and RNA under the extreme conditions of deep space. The team blasted interstellar analog ices made of ammonia and methylamine with a laser to simulate...
Above: The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite captured this composite image of the eruption shortly after it began. Credit: ESA As you’re probably well aware, Mauna Loa awakened on Nov. 27, spewing lava from Moku’āweoweo summit...
Above: Helelani in the field at the HOST Park’s lunar analog site in Kailua-Kona. Operators in California used a graphic user interface to navigate the rover remotely. The PISCES planetary rover “Helelani” was back in the field at a planetary analog...
Credit: NASA NASA’s Artemis I mission made history on Monday, Nov. 28 when the uncrewed Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth of 268,563 miles—farther than any spacecraft designed for human space travel has flown from our home planet....
Credit: Akamai Workforce Initiative The 2023 Akamai internship program is now accepting applications through its online portal. STEM students attending any University of Hawaiʻi campus, or who are from Hawaiʻi and studying on the mainland, are eligible to apply for...
Applications for NexTech Hawaiʻi’s 2022 FishTank Design Competition are open! Big Island students in grades 6–12 are eligible to apply for this annual STEM challenge focused on finding practical solutions for local problems. This year’s theme is...
