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Mauna Kea telescopes detect light from merging quasars | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Advertiser· 5 days agoAstronomers have used a pair of Mauna Kea telescopes to shed light on one of the universe’s earliest...
The highest and lowest natural elevation in each of the 50 states
List Wire via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAtlantic Ocean: Sea level. Hawaii (Gary Newkirk/ALLSPORT) Mauna Kea: 13,803 feet. Pacific Ocean: Sea...
How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe two active supermassive black holes are the most distant pair of quasars ever seen and shed more...
Astronomers observe pair of merging quasars, just 900 million years after Big Bang
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoAs reported by astronomers in a study describing the distant quasar merger, published Monday in the...
Edward Stone, who guided NASA’s Voyager to distant planets, dies at 88
Washington Post· 5 days agoEdward C. Stone, who opened a window on the farthest reaches of the solar system while serving as the chief scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, supervising a pair of spindly, plutonium-powered ...
Where to find the Brecken Spectre in Hawaiʻi
KHON 2 Honolulu· 5 days agoImagine you’re hiking up a tall mountain in Hawaiʻi early one morning. The air is cool, and the sun is just rising behind you.
Most extreme temperatures in the history of every state
KADN· 2 days agoSpencer Platt // Getty ImagesMost extreme temperatures in the history of every stateAccording to a...
This long-studied star is actually a stellar duo: 'We were absolutely stunned'
SPACE.com· 5 days agoShrouded in a dense cloud of gas and dust, a young star in the constellation Ophiuchus that...
Executive Insight: Sean Ganhinhin on managing Prince Waikiki - Pacific Business News
The Business Journals· 2 days agoUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa graduate Sean Ganhinhin has worked in several positions across the...
Neptune-like planet 'Phoenix' baffles astronomers with its atmosphere
Astronomy Magazine· 5 days agoAstronomers have discovered a planet beyond our solar system that’s so cozy with its host star, its...