Astronomy

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For the first time in Hawaiʻi's 50-year history with astronomy, observatories will be removed from Maunakea. First up is the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. Most of the instruments have already been removed, but the telescope's 34-foot diameter primary mirror remains. The Conversation's Russell Subiono has more.

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.

Ten high school students have a chance to leave their marks on the universe by naming an exoplanet and its host star.

Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi are expecting a distant planet to collide with its star.

A group of fifth graders from Kauaʻi will send their research project to the International Space Station. Space Team Kō from Alakaʻi O Kauaʻi Charter School is one of five student groups from around the country sending their experiments.