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Waimea Solar System Walk
W. M. Keck Observatory Headquarters 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI, United StatesThe 2024 Waimea Solar System Walk expands this year to include a galactic celebration of Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope’s 45th Birthday! Bring your ‘ohana to an interstellar journey right in Waimea town. The adventure begins at the W. M. Keck Observatory Headquarters, where you’ll embark on a guided journey through a scale model of our solar system. […]
Waimea Family Food Truck Friday
W. M. Keck Observatory Headquarters 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI, United StatesA monthly community event in the heart of Waimea Town. Bring your ohana and support local food and beverage vendors, with a Halloween theme! For the more information about featured vendors visit: www.naupakaevents.com/waimeafamilyfoodtruckfriday.
Waimea Family Food Truck Friday
W. M. Keck Observatory Headquarters 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI, United StatesA monthly community event in the heart of Waimea Town. Bring your ohana and support local food and beverage vendors! For the more information about featured vendors visit: www.naupakaevents.com/waimeafamilyfoodtruckfriday.
Tanabata Block Party 2024
Behind ʻImiloa Astronomy Center North A'ohōkū Place, Hilo, HI, United StatesFree Event! Join the Maunakea Observatories at the Tanabata Block Party for an evening of stargazing, cultural demonstrations, astronomy actvities, and ʻono food on Aug. 17 from 4pm to 9pm HST. Learn more about Tanabata and celebrate the 25th anniversaries of Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab and the Subaru Telescope.
Waimea Family Food Truck Friday
W. M. Keck Observatory Headquarters 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI, United StatesJoin us for dinner Friday, August 16th!
From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole
Kahilu Theatre 67-1186 Lindsey Rd, Kamuela, HI, United StatesGuest Speaker Andrea Ghez 2020 Nobel Prize Winner UCLA Professor of Physics and Astronomy FREE event – space is limited, ticket registration required: GET TICKETS Learn about new developments in the study of supermassive black holes. Through the capture and analysis of twenty years of high-resolution imaging, the UCLA Galactic Center Group has moved the […]
244th American Astronomical Society Meeting
Monona Terrace Convention Center 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI, United StatesW. M. Keck Observatory will join the national astronomy community at the 244th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Madison, Wisconsin. We will be participating in events and sessions about Hawaiʻi Astronomy – stay tuned for details!
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life, From a Reporter’s Perspective
Kahilu Theatre 67-1186 Lindsey Rd, Kamuela, HI, United StatesGuest Speaker Nadia Drake Science Journalist For millennia, humans have wondered whether there’s life beyond Earth. Over the last half-century or so, these musings have evolved from fantasy and speculation into a legitimate scientific endeavor, guided largely by the Drake Equation — a formula that estimates the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations in our Milky […]
Waimea Family Food Truck Friday
W. M. Keck Observatory Headquarters 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI, United StatesThe Waimea Family Food Truck Friday is a monthly community event that happens on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the heart of Waimea Town, on the front lawn of W. M. Keck Observatory’s office headquarters. Come out and support the local food and beverage vendors.
Maunakea Community Weed Pull
Visitor Information Station Maunakea, HI, United StatesSince 2012, the Mālama Maunakea Volunteer Weed Pulls are part of the University of Hawaiʻi Center for Maunakea Stewardship’s ongoing Mālama Maunakea efforts to protect the resources on the mountain by helping to control fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) and other invasive plant species around Maunakea’s 9,000′ elevation. Removing invasive species and weeds helps to reduce habitat […]
Exploring the Pluto System and Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth with NASA’s New Horizons
Kahilu Theatre 67-1186 Lindsey Rd, Kamuela, HI, United StatesGuest Speaker Alan Stern Principal Investigator NASA New Horizons Mission, Southwest Research Institute NASA’s New Horizons is the first spacecraft to successfully explore the Pluto System and a Kuiper Belt Object named Arrokoth, making history as the farthest flyby ever performed in our solar system. Learn more about the mission, the scientific payload it carries, […]