Category: News
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Dandelion Supernova Revealed in 3-D
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – For nearly six months during the year 1181, people looked up to the skies to find a new star glittering in the constellation Cassiopeia. Chinese and Japanese […]
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Waimea Solar System Walk
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Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of […]
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Gargantuan Black Hole Jets Are Biggest Seen Yet
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That’s equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way […]
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Tracking a Lone Star Speeding Across the Milky Way
Maunakea and Haleakalā, Hawaiʻi – It may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are moving, but the Sun is actually orbiting around the Milky […]
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Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own Sun is a loner, many stars like our Sun orbit similar stars, while a host of […]
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Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters’ vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal […]
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Fresh Meal Kits for Hawai’i Island Keiki
Mahalo Vibrant Hawai’i and Kaukau4Keiki for providing fresh, locally-sourced meal kits to students whose families are experiencing food scarcity during the summer break. We are grateful for the opportunity to volunteer, in […]
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New Catalog Showcases a Diverse Exoplanet Landscape with Strange, Exotic Worlds
A new, robust catalog is out featuring 126 confirmed and candidate exoplanets discovered with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in collaboration with W. […]
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Earth Twin or Evil Twin
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – The discovery of a planet similar in size to Venus that’s orbiting a star in the neighborhood of our solar system raises hopes that astronomers may someday […]