The Space Report
UH Hilo Student Chosen for Prestigious NASA Europa Clipper Internship
Above: UH Hilo senior Raven Daegmorgan is involved in multiple space-related studies. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo senior Raven Daegmorgan has been selected for a competitive summer internship...
UH Scientists Pioneer New Method to Find Hidden Water on the Moon
Above: Artist rendering of cosmic radar instrument over the Moon. Credit: UH News/Christian Miki University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists have developed an innovative method to search for buried...
UH Mānoa Study Suggests Life May Have Begun in Space, Not Just on Earth
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...
PISCES Promotes Hawaiʻi Aerospace at 40th Space Symposium
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...
NASA Proves New Technology to Support Long-Term Lunar Missions
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...
NASA Astronauts Return After Unexpected 9-Month Mission
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...
UH Mānoa Scientist Joins NASA Lucy Mission to Study Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
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...
Saturn’s Moon Count Nearly Doubles With Help of Maunakea Observatory
Artist rendering of moons orbiting Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute The official number of moons orbiting Saturn nearly doubled last month when the International Astronomy...
Students Get Messy With Materials Science at Keaʻau High College and Career Fair
PISCES staff Ashley Truchan (L) and Amber Imai-Hong (R) at Kea’au High School on March 14. On Friday, March 14, we had the pleasure of engaging with local students eager to explore career paths at...
Waimea Nonprofit Plans to Land an Observatory on the Moon
Artist depiction of the lunar surface observatory, ILO-1. Credit: ILOA A Big Island-based nonprofit is planning to advance Hawaiʻi’s role in astronomy in a groundbreaking way. The International...
Hawaiʻi Astronomers Have Good News About Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
Above: Artist depiction of an asteroid flying by Earth. Credit: UH News/Space.com Last year in December, a University of Hawaiʻi telescope spotted a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid....
Chinese Rover Discovers Ancient Beach on Mars
Above: Photograph of China’s Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: China News Service China's Zhurong rover has uncovered something incredible on Mars—evidence of an ancient beach buried...