The Space Report
UH Mānoa Receives $2.5 Million for Space Weather Monitoring Station
Above: Example of a neutron monitoring station. Credit: UH News The outlook for space weather forecasts is looking bright. Researchers at UH Mānoa have been awarded a $2.5 million...
Astronomers Unveil First Image of Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Milky Way
Above: The first image of Sagittarius A captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, a global network of observatories working in unison to form a single "Earth-sized" telescope. Credit:...
PISCES Program Manager Named HSGC Associate Director at UH Hilo
PISCES Program Manager Christian Andersen has been named UH Hilo's associate director for the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium and will support students who want to explore research and training...
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....
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...
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...
Virtual Event Highlighting Women in Space Careers Returns March 14 – 16
Students of all ages and backgrounds are invited to meet and learn about the work of some of the talented female scientists, engineers, and technicians who are actively pushing the boundaries of...
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,...
UH Mānoa Gets $3M to Find Subsurface Lunar Ice
Clavius Crater on the Moon. Credit: NASA/USGS NASA has awarded $3 million to a team of five University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists in support of a system that will search for...
Webb Has Arrived: What’s Next Could Change Our Understanding of the Universe
Image: Artist rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA What can one of the most sophisticated scientific instruments ever built do for our understanding of the universe? We’re about...
Water Discovered In-Situ on Moon for First Time
Above: Chang'E-5 landing site where water was detected. Credit: CNSA/CLEP An international team of scientists including a planetary geologist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has discovered...
UH-Designed Sensors on James Webb Telescope Will Provide Deepest Views of Universe Yet
Above: Artist rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed in space. Credit: NASA Astronomers around the world had an especially exciting Christmas in 2021 when the James Webb Space...