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IfA #astronomer Karen Meech awarded American Astronomical Society (AAS) Dannie Heinemann Prize for pioneering work on #solarsystem Hawaii_Research University of Hawaii #astrobiology #comets Maunakea Observatories instagram.com/p/Cn0D2DcSCuD/…

New mass map of the #Universe using DESI Survey and @spt_telescope data suggests #cosmology models might need revision Hawaii_Research University of Hawaii NOIRLab Maunakea Observatories #astronomy instagram.com/p/CoF_yx2y4g9/…

At the State Capitol for Hawaii_Research day! University of Hawaii Maunakea Observatories #astronomy @ Hawaii State Capitol instagram.com/p/CoX9-hLSCnE/…

The American Astronomical Society (American Astronomical Society (AAS)) and the American Institute of Physics (American Institute of Physics) presented UH Institute for Astronomy's Karen Meech with a coveted honor commending her trailblazing contributions in the astrophysics field ➡️ bit.ly/402DD0g


Black Holes as the Source of Dark Energy New research suggests that as our universe expands, black holes gain mass, and this connection between black holes and the universe's expansion is the source of dark energy. aasnova.org/2023/02/15/bla… UH Institute for Astronomy UChicago News U-M Physics


Free #stargazing event March 25th on #Lanai at the @lanaicatsanctuary, with @uh_ifa , `OhanaKiloHoku, @stargazersofhawaii and more! instagram.com/p/Cp3_DGkLWfk/…

Join us for back to back sessions on March 29th and 30th! An international team of astronomers will use the Subaru Telescope Eng and the W. M. Keck Observatory simultaneously to observe 🔭 some of the biggest structures in the #universe as they are forming🌌 Register below🤩


Oh it’s on! This Sunday 4/23 11a-4p it’s our annual Open House! With tons of activities and all free. Mahalo to our partners Bishop Museum Maunakea Observatories SOEST Open House Hawaii Space Flight Lab HawaiiScienceMuseum Honolulu Zoo Manoa Bookstore Pan-STARRS1 Science ATLAS Project TMTHawaii and more!




The entire original goal of ASAS-SN was to produce a minimally-biased SN survey to compute rates. It has been a crazy decade, but UH Institute for Astronomy grad student Dhvanil Desai has finally done it: arxiv.org/abs/2306.11100 Check it out if you want to see the best nearby SNe Ia rate to date.

(1 of 3) Surviving an apocalypse: A UH Institute for Astronomy-led team using two Maunakea Observatories, W. M. Keck Observatory & CFHT, has found an exoplanet named Halla that somehow escaped death when its sun Baekdu expanded into a red giant star. This, despite being just .5 AU from Baekdu! Details:



Applications for our summer #research experiences for #undergraduates #REU program are open! 10-week paid #astronomy internships in #Hawaii with paid room, board, and travel! University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii Maunakea Observatories #astronomyreu



Your #UHohana is in the initial stages of establishing a space engineering and instrument development center at UH Institute for Astronomy’s facilities on the University of Hawaii at Hilo campus, thanks to general fund support from the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and Governor Josh Green ➡️ hawaii.edu/news/2024/01/0…


Y'all have until Wed to apply to the UHawaii UH Institute for Astronomy astronomy research experience for undergrad (REU). student.ifa.hawaii.edu/reu/ Please encourage well-qualified, motivated, excited undergrads to apply!

Our #astronomy annual open house is today 11-4 at 2680 Woodlawn Dr. All kinds of fun science family activities, free! HONOLULU Family HILUG University of Hawaii at Manoa Bishop Museum and more!


Using Maunakea's Submillimeter Array, a UH Institute for Astronomy astronomer captured images of exocomet belts, revealing icy and rocky objects around 74 stars—advancing our understanding of planetary system formation ➡️ bit.ly/4gazo9D
