It’s been a rough month of natural disasters. Here’s a review
The past month has seen a number of major natural disasters occur around the globe, from earthquakes to…
A Mayor’s Quest To Bring Pandas From China To Hawaiʻi
When Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi decided he wanted pandas at the Honolulu Zoo, he approached the Chinese Consulate-General…
Dozens Of Hawaiʻi’s Mentally Ill Inmates To Move to Waiawa Prison
The head of the state prison system plans to overhaul part of the minimum security Waiawa Correctional Facility…
Tropical Storm Lala is lashing Hawaii high winds, heavy rain
Hurricane Lala slammed Hawaii with bands of heavy rain, high winds and pounding waves, becoming one of the…
Warnings in effect: Tropical Storm Lala strengthens ahead of Hawaii strike
Tropical Storm Lala will track near Hawaii this weekend, likely as a low-end Category 1 hurricane, with threats…
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability seen on the Sun
The surface of the Sun has been photographed in more detail than ever before, and it turns out…
Scientists photograph the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet, revealing…
Hawaii: In 1955, Hawaii released a cannibal snail to control another invasive snail, but the predator instead helped push the islands’ rare native tree snails toward extinction
Still, the outlook for Hawaii’s snails is uncertain, symbolizing a new era in the conservation of endangered species.…
VIDEO: Scientists sample tephra from inside crater on Kilauea volcano summit
Three scientists went on a mission to collect tephra samples from one of Kilauea’s craters in order to…
How to spot a large, harmless asteroid flyby this weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses…
Gaze Into a Cosmic Crystal Ball Unlike Anything Else In the Universe
NOIRLab and the National Science Foundation’s Gemini North telescope, located on Maunakea in Hawai’i, captured a mesmerizing photo…
How China is working to turn Saishiteng Mountain into the world’s largest astronomy base
Construction on the Tibetan plateau of some of the Earth’s most powerful optical telescopes is putting China on…