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 beneath the surface. Using ground-penetrating radar, the rover...
A group of local high school students working with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and ʻIolani School’s ʻĀina Informatics Network (AIN) are researching bacteria found in Hawaiian lava tubes to better understand the potential for life on other planets....
Above: Perseverance touches down on Mars aided by a jet-powered sky crane in this artist rendering. Credit: NASA-JPL. After more than six months in flight, NASA’s Perseverance rover will touch down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 at noon PST, beginning a new era of...
HI-SEAS participants are pictured here as they made their way out of isolation in August 2016. A recent article in the New York Times sheds light on the close-knit living conditions experienced by the Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS)...
PISCES Program Manager Rodrigo Romo is seen here with intern and Hilo native Aaron Roth during Wednesday’s robotic mission. The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) and their team of scientists, geologists and robotic technicians...
