Explosion of supergiant star captured by UH telescope
A team of researchers used IfA’s Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) on Maui and W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island to observe a red supergiant during the last 130 days leading up to its deadly detonation.
Enhanced SETI instrument installed on Haleakalā
Ongoing research into the potential for finding alien life has acquired a powerful boost atop the summit of Haleakalā. The SETI Institute recently completed the installation of two LaserSETI instruments on the rooftops of an existing building.
Ground-breaking UH-designed sensors aboard NASA’s historic space telescope
Technology developed and tested at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) and on Maunakea are behind JWST’s ability to gaze deeper into space than ever before.
IfA Astronomer Dan Huber on 2021 Highly Cited Researchers List
IfA Astronomer Dan Huber is one of 4 UH researchers featured in the 2021 Web of Science’s Highly Cited Researchers list. Great work Dan!
UH solar eclipse chasers prepare for Antarctica expedition
IfA Astronomer Shadia Rifai Habbal and her eclipse team, the Solar Wind Sherpas, are busy testing equipment for the Dec. 4 eclipse, before they depart Hawaiʻi for Antarctica on November 22 and 24.