astronomy

A Molokaʻi High School alumna has co-authored a recently published astronomy paper. She captured the first look at magnetic fields within the iconic and beautiful Horsehead Nebula, with data she gathered in 2018. Catherine Cluett Pactol from The Molokai Dispatch explains.

A new discovery out of UCLA's Galactic Center Orbits Initiative found that stars that were once believed to come in pairs actually merge together due to a supermassive black hole. Devin Chu, a Hilo-born astronomer led a 10-year survey of young stars near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy using the Keck Observatory on Maunakea.

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The recent observation of a sun-like star gulping an orbiting planet involved multiple telescopes including the Keck Observatory on Maunakea. The Conversation spoke to John O’Meara, chief scientist of the observatory, to learn about this powerful star and its appetite for other planets.

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Scientists at Hawaiʻi Island’s Keck Observatory recently observed two significant events in deep space. The Conversation talked to Keck Observatory’s Chief Scientist John O’Meara about the galactic discoveries.

The event took a year of planning and paperwork by teacher Danyel Erickson. The process included starting a science club, going on field trips, and inviting guest speakers to the school.

A strange comet-like object discovered over five years ago was the first known visitor from another solar system. Its movement was so odd that scientists struggled to explain it, until now.

A University of Hawaiʻi alumnus was inducted into a national hall of fame for science. Heidi Hammel is the first scientist from Hawaiʻi to join the ARCS Hall of Fame.

A Japanese telescope captured images of the shape on Jan. 18. It was likely caused by the sun illuminating leftover fuel expelled from the rocket of a SpaceX launch.