AstroDay Brings Space and Science to Life in Hilo

by PISCES | May 6, 2025

Above: PISCES team member Ashley Truchan invites visitors to design rockets during AstroDay in Hilo. We were excited to join our community on Saturday, May 3 at the annual AstroDay event in Hilo—the largest annual astronomy and STEM outreach gathering in East Hawaiʻi....

Annual AstroDay in East Hawaiʻi Returns May 6

by PISCES | Apr 3, 2023

Save the date! The 21st annual Astro Day at Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo is coming up on May 6. Learn about the amazing science happening here on Hawaiʻi Island during a day of all-ages activities, educational exhibits, and intriguing demonstrations—plus free giveaways...

Hawaiʻi Telescopes Help Confirm Success of NASA Planetary Defense Test

by PISCES | Nov 14, 2022

Above: A trail of debris scatters in the wake of asteroid moonlet Didymos after NASA’s DART spacecraft pummeled it surface. Credit: NASA/Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) in late September made history by using a spacecraft to...

PISCES Joins Initiative to Produce PPE for Health Care Workers

by PISCES | Apr 1, 2020

The Hawaii Science Technology Museum (HSTM) has launched a coordinated effort to produce 3D-printed personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care providers and first responders in Hawaii County amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The shields are in short supply...

Hawaii Observatory Reveals 100 Potential Exoplanets

by PISCES | Mar 1, 2017

Image: Artist rendering of an exoplanet orbiting two stars. Courtesy of WikiCommons.  In the search for habitable alien worlds, Hawaii’s W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea has contributed a revelatory discovery of over 100 potential new exoplanets orbiting distant...