Ma Lalo o ka Po Lani

The Mauna Kea VIS offers an educational program on the 3rd Sat. of each month at 6pm. Different speakers and topics are presented each month.

On the third Saturday of the month, the VIS hosts Malalo o ka Po Lani, a special presentation covering cultural components that surround Mauna Kea. The presentation begins at 6:00 PM and is followed by the regular evening stargazing program. Each month features a different speaker from the community who will speak about topics relating to Mauna Kea from a cultural perspective.

The invisible substance that structures our universe : Short Wave

07/19/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/08/1250455737/dark-matter-invisible-universe

The invisible substance that structures our universe : Short Wave The universe is so much bigger than what people can see. Visible matter — the ground, the Sun, the screen you're reading this on — makes up only about 4 or 5 percent of our known universe. Dark matter makes up much more of the universe. It's all around us even though we can't see it. So what is ...

Kāloakūlua i Kāʻelo (4-5 February 2024) | Kilo Hōkū

02/04/2024

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02/04/2024

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Exoplanet with a tail: a hot Jupiter looks like a giant comet

01/24/2024

https://earthsky.org/space/exoplanet-with-a-tail-wasp-69b-hot-jupiter/?mc_cid=4e4142ddaa&mc_eid=7cf5216563

Exoplanet with a tail: a hot Jupiter looks like a giant comet We don’t usually think of planets as having tails, like comets, but sometimes they do. Earlier this month, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), said they found that the giant hot Jupiter exoplanet WASP-69b has a tail of gas much longer than previously estimated. The com...