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…
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“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…
Discovery of Submarine Freshwater Offshore of Hawai’i Raises Hopes for Islands Worldwide
Twice as much freshwater is stored offshore of Hawai’i Island than was previously thought, according to a University of Hawai’i study with important implications for…
Planetary Scientists Surprised to Find the Moon Rusting – Now They’ve Found the Likely Culprit
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon, according to a study…
Researchers Predict Mysterious Dark Energy Is Located in Vast Sea of GEODEs Between Galaxies
Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, but the physics of this expansion remains a mystery. Now, a…
Researchers Identify Larger Variability in Future Sea Levels As Earth Warms
A team of researchers from the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) identified a global tendency…
Ringing of the Global Atmosphere Detected by Scientists
A ringing bell vibrates simultaneously at a low-pitched fundamental tone and at many higher-pitched overtones, producing a pleasant musical sound. A recent study, just published in…
Tropical and Temperate Reefs Affected Differently by Fishing Pressures
In a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, an international team of researchers focused on what can happen to ocean ecosystems when fishing pressure increases…
Astronomers Discover ‘Infant’ Neptune-Sized Planet That Zips Around Its Star in 8 Days
Astronomers study stars and planets much younger than the Sun to learn about past events that shaped the Solar System and Earth. Most of these…
Xenophyophores: Four Freaky New Species of Giant Single-Celled Organisms Discovered on Pacific Seafloor
Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans belonging to a group called the foraminifera) were discovered in the deep Pacific…
Scientists Surprised by Growth Rates in World’s Deepest Photosynthetic Corals
New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth rates for deep-water photosynthetic corals. The study, led by Samuel Kahng, affiliate graduate faculty in the…
Mysteries of Sun’s Corona Illuminated by Eclipse Data
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work studying the solar corona, the outermost atmosphere of the sun…
Pūhāhonu Revealed: The Largest and Hottest Shield Volcano on Earth
In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology revealed the largest and…
A Question for Almond Growers: To Bee, or Not to Bee?
Pollination by bees is vital even when crops are assumed to be pollinator independent. That’s according to a study co-authored by Ethel Villalobos, a researcher…
Solar Wind Samples Suggest New Physics of Mysterious Coronal Mass Ejections
A new study led by the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa has helped refine understanding of the amount of hydrogen, helium and other elements…
Growth Rates of Deep-Sea Coral Communities Revealed for the First Time
A collaboration between researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Hawai‘i Pacific University (HPU),…
Team Unravels Origin, Chemical Makeup of Dunes on Saturn’s Moon Titan
A team led by a University of Hawaii at Mānoa chemistry professor and researcher has been able to provide answers to key questions about the…
