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Astronomers using a telescope atop Maunakea on the Big Island have captured the most detailed and complete images ever taken of the zone where the constellation of Orion gets zapped with ultraviolet radiation from massive young stars.…

Using a new method to see massive, yet barely visible, gas tanks that fuel the formation of stars, astronomers with the aid of a Big Island observatory created the first ever spatial maps of the enormous gas clouds that birth…

Keiki and other community members check out one of the booths provided by a participating organization Saturday, May 14, during AstroDay at Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo. (Photos by Nathan Christophel) At least one future astronaut, a…

One of the Big Island astronomy sector’s signature events is set to blast off and everyone is invited. For the first time in two years, AstroDay returns to celebrate science in person from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14 at Prince…

(PC: ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center) Chad Kālepa Baybayan, master (pwo) navigator and captain of the Hōkūleʻa passed away suddenly on April 8 of natural causes while visiting and caring for ʻohana in Seattle, Washington. Baybayan, a…

A Kilonova, neutron star collision: the predicted source of all gold in the universe. Courtesy image.The ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i will celebrate 15 years of exploration beginning later this month.The public is invited to join…