Waimea Solar System Walk
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and W. M. Keck Observatory are sponsoring the Waimea Solar System Walk from 10am-2pm on November 8th. The walk turns Waimea into a scale model of our […]
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Cosmic Cup: Hawaiian-Style Polo Match Fundraiser
Please join us for a festive, Hawaiian-style polo afternoon and support the frontiers of discovery! The match is being held in conjunction with the Mauna Kea Polo Club.Gates Open at […]
Astronomy Talk: The Art and Science of the Weather on the Island of Hawaii
University of Hawaii Meterorology Professor, Steven Businger will offer a layman’s look at the amazing variety of weather experienced by the Island of Hawaii and will include lots of imagery and illustrations. […]
Astronomy Talk: Extreme Stars at the Center of the Galaxy
The Stellar Zoo at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy would be quite unfamiliar to a terrestrial visitor. Not only do the types of stars differ in many ways […]
Astronomy Talk: America’s Space Program – NASA’s Roadmap to Tomorrow’s Missions
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will discuss America’s space program and the challenges the agency faces for the missions of tomorrow. Using a stepping stone approach that builds on the capabilities […]
Astronomy Talk: What Wonderful Worlds – Exploring our Solar System
Knowledge about our own Solar System has increased by leaps and bounds over the past few decades due to a combination of spacecraft missions and technical advancements at the W. […]
NASA Spacecraft New Horizons Pluto Flyby: Special Talk by NASA Scientist Eliot Young
Just hours before their observing run at Keck Observatory will start, NASA scientists Eliot Young and his team will give a talk in the Hualalai Conference room at Keck Observatory’s […]
Astronomy Talk: Manu ʻImiloa – Modern & Ancient Ways of Navigating our Universe
A Hilo native born in Keaukaha and raised in Panaʻewa, Celeste “Cesi” Manuia Ha’o is an Educate Associate and the Outreach Coordinator of the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi. Also […]
Astronomy Talk: Where We Came From — How Solar Systems Form
Where We Came From — How Solar Systems FormHow common are Earths? Unknown just a generation ago, more than 2,000 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars in our galaxy […]
Life in the Universe: The Science of Astrobiology
Is life common in the universe, or rare? Humans have pondered this question for millennia. Today we are privileged to be able to bring the tools of modern science to […]
The 2015-16 El Niño: Wind on the Water and the Weather on Mauna Kea
In 2015, the global wind machine fired up record numbers of powerful hurricanes in the central Pacific, with several making close passes to the Island of Hawaii. Is it possible […]
Astronomy Talk: The Remaining 95 Percent: Insights From Gravitational Lensing
In our standard model of cosmology, only five percent of the mass-energy budget of the Universe is accounted for by particles that have been detected in Earth-based laboratories. The remaining […]