<strong>Fun and Learning for the Whole Family!</strong>Grab your Solar System Passport and take a stroll along the Big Island’s own planet walk. On this scale-model journey, learn interesting facts about our cosmic neighborhood. Start at the Sun booth stationed at Keck headquarters and end up visiting Pluto and the Kuiper Belt at CFHT headquarters. Keiki […]
<strong>Stars born in extreme environments</strong>Many stars like the Sun were born in fairly quiet regions of the Milky Way galaxy. Others formed in very extreme environments, including those around the supermassive black hole at the very center of the galaxy. Do stars and star clusters form differently in the extremely harsh environment near the Galactic […]
Title: Transits of Venus from Earth, Jupiter & Saturn: Past, Present & Future
Title: How Stars Destroyed Most of the Atoms in the Universe
Title: City Dark: Search for Night on a Sleepless Planet
Title: Seeing the Invisible Universe
Gates Performing Arts Center, HPA Campus, Waimea (Kamuela, HI) Download PDF Guest Speaker: James L. Green, NASA Chief Scientist ASTRONOMY TALK | Current estimates are that over 150 million Americans viewed the Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017 with another 60 million viewing it electronically from TV or the internet. It’s amazing to […]
W. M. Keck Observatory Waimea Headquarters: 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 96743 Monday May 14, 2018 – Tuesday May 29, 2018 08:30 am – 04:30 pm Download PDF PLEASE JOIN US IN HELPING HAWAII ISLAND VOLCANO VICTIMS Waimea, Hawaii – Hundreds of families in the Puna District on the east side of the Big Island […]
Gates Performing Arts Center, HPA Campus, Waimea (Kamuela, HI) Guest Speaker: Ryan Foley, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of California, Santa Cruz ASTRONOMY TALK | In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a radiant form of energy similar to light, but caused by gravity. A century later, scientists detected the […]
Gates Performing Arts Center, HPA Campus, Waimea (Kamuela, HI) Guest Speaker: Pieter van Dokkum, Sol Goldman Family Professor of Astronomy and Divisional Director of Physical Sciences and Engineering at Yale University ASTRONOMY TALK | They are so ghostly that you can see right through them! They look unlike any other galaxies we’ve seen before. Learn about […]
Join W. M. Keck Observatory and fellow Maunakea Observatories for the 2nd Annual AstroDay West in Kailua-Kona – a celebration of astronomy & community! Big Mahalo to Kona Commons, who is hosting the space at the former Sports Authority at Kona Commons for a second year in a row. In addition to many of the […]
Honokaa People’s Theater45-3574 Mamane St Honokaa, HI 96727 Download Poster Guest Speaker: Andrea Ghez, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles ; UCLA Galactic Center Group Director ASTRONOMY TALK | Discover this year’s exciting new developments in unraveling the mysteries of supermassive black holes. Through 20 years of high-resolution imaging, […]
