Startling Consequences of Global Warming: Oceans Are Losing Their Memory
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean…
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We’ve Arrived! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Starts the Delta Front Campaign
We made it! Perseverance is at the delta, and showering us with incredible images to pore over. Mars 2020 is officially out of “Rapid Traverse”…
Elusive Atmospheric Molecule Produced in a Lab for the First Time
The previously elusive methanediol molecule of importance to the organic, atmospheric science, and astrochemistry communities has been synthetically produced for the first time by University…
Advanced Analysis of Apollo Moon Rock Sample Illuminates Lunar Evolution
Sophisticated analysis of a rock sample taken from the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission nearly 50 years ago revealed new information about the complex…
Astronomers Trace the Movement of 10,000 Galaxies Over the Last 11.5 Billion Years
Everything in our universe moves, but the timescales needed to see motion are often vastly greater than human lifetimes. In a major new study, a…
NASA Mars Perseverance Rover: Almost on the Rove Again
Science as Perseverance dislodges pebbles and prepares to head back north. We’ll soon be on the move again after shaking loose some pesky pebbles that…
Exploring Fish Flow: From Fisheries to Supper
Recent breakthroughs in multiple fields of study now allow researchers to follow the entire life cycle of ocean fishes—from when and where they are spawned,…
Danger Close: Newly-Discovered Planets Will Be “Swallowed” by Their Stars
Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are part of a team that recently discovered three planets orbiting dangerously close to stars…
Explosion of Supergiant Star Captured by Astronomers
Using a University of Hawaiʻi telescope on Haleakala and another on Maunakea, astronomers, for the very first time, imaged the dramatic end to a red…
Sixth Mass Extinction of Global Biodiversity Is Already in Progress
The history of life on Earth has been marked five times by events of mass biodiversity extinction caused by extreme natural phenomena. Today, many experts…
Resolving a Dangerous Conundrum: Earthquake Depth Impacts Potential Tsunami Threat
Earthquakes of similar magnitude can cause tsunamis of greatly varying sizes. This commonly observed, but not well-understood phenomenon has hindered reliable warnings of local tsunamis….
New Method To Detect Tatooine-Like Planets Proves Successful
A new technique developed in part by University of Hawaiʻi astronomer Nader Haghighipour has allowed scientists to quickly detect a transiting exoplanet with two suns….
Black Holes May Gain Mass From the Expansion of the Universe Itself
Over the past 6 years, gravitational wave observatories have been detecting black hole mergers, verifying a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity. But…
Astronomers Discover Infant Planet – One of the Youngest Exoplanets Ever Observed
One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by University of…
Coral Reef Biodiversity Predicted To Shuffle Rather Than Collapse As Climate Changes With Ocean Warming and Acidification
Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse, complex, and productive ecosystems on the planet. Most of coral reef biodiversity consists of tiny organisms living…
Massive COCONUTS Exoplanet Discovery: Giant Planet Just 35 Light Years From Earth
Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets — planets beyond our solar system — but few have been directly imaged, because they are extremely difficult to…
“Farfarout” – Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Planetoid
A team, including an astronomer from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from…
Solving a Long-Debated Scientific Controversy: Climate and Carbon Cycle Trends of the Past 50 Million Years Reconciled
Predictions of future climate change require a clear and nuanced understanding of Earth’s past climate. In a study published today (January 22, 2021) in Science…
