Tag: NASA
A New Spin on Planet Formation
The largest survey of exoplanet spins confirms long-predicted relationship between planetary mass and rotation Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have confirmed a long-predicted relationship between planetary mass and rotation. By measuring the rotation rates of a large sample of directly imaged extrasolar planets and more massive…
NASA@My Library AstroBash at Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library
Join us for the annual NASA@My Library AstroBash event, a family-friendly celebration of space science in our community, Saturday, August 2 from 10 am to 1 pm at the Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library in Waimea.
Astronomers Detect Cloud Convection Near Titan’s Lakes
Study provides evidence of clouds bubbling up over Titan’s northern hemisphere Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have, for the first time, found evidence for cloud convection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn’s moon. Titan is an intriguing world cloaked in a yellowish, smoggy haze. Similar to…
The Search for Life: A Story Told by Past, Present, Future NASA Science Missions
Guest Speaker Megan Ansdell Program Officer Join us for a free, ʻohana-friendly public astronomy talk with Kamaʻāina and NASA Program Officer Megan Ansdell on Thursday, May 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gates Performing Arts Center at Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy in Waimea. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. In this talk, we will embark on the…
New Research Reveals Kuiper Belt Duo May be Trio
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of researchers using data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered what is likely a stable trio of icy space rocks in the solar system’s Kuiper Belt. If confirmed as the second such three-body system found in the region, the 148780…