Hawaii’s significant contribution to science, particularly those discoveries made through telescope installations on two ...

UKIRT will be the third Maunakea observatory to be decommissioned under UH’s Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan, following Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and UH Hilo Hoku Kea Observatory, both ...

Hawaii risks losing its global astronomy edge and hundreds of employees if the Trump administration’s funding cuts are approved, said John O’Meara, deputy director and chief scientist of the W. M.

University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy last week officially began the decommissioning process for the UH-owned UKIRT ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Milestone recognizes decades of innovation that has helped shape modern astronomy. Along with the facilities on Maunakea and Hawaiʻi Island, ...

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the comet poses no danger to Earth and will remain roughly 150 million miles away as it speeds by.

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy has set into motion the decommissioning process for a university-owned telescope atop Mauna Kea.

Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of astrophotography images ranging from solar prominences and auroras to ...

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...