ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) students on Hawaiʻi Island have named a new instrument at the Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope that will help astronomers study the universe in greater detail. The Hawaiian naming project is part of the A Hua He Inoa program at ʻImiloa Astronomy Center at University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

ʻImiloa hosts the first 10k-resolution Planetarium in Hawaiʻi following a major upgrade in November 2023.

The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded a $6.6 million grant to establish a National Native American Language Resource Center (N-NALRC) over the next five years that is to operate as a consortium of three entities led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Preserving our dark skies is critical for stargazing and astronomy. But it may be less known that light pollution can also harm native species, including the endangered ʻuaʻu seabird.

A group of high school interns participating in ʻImiloa’s A Hua He Inoa program are hoping to increase that awareness with a new interactive exhibit — Ke Aouli ʻŌlinolino (The Brilliant Night Sky).

A planet-and-star pair located more than 400 light years away could become the next celestial objects named using the Hawaiian language.

Through ʻImiloa’s A Hua He Inoa program, ten high school interns from Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu recently proposed the names of “Leimakua” for the exoplanet and “Kawelo” for its star as part of the global 2022 NameExoWorlds competition. The proposed names were chosen to honor ancestral knowledge and the familial bond between the star and planet.

About 40 high school students at Ke Kula o Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Public Charter School are learning communications and video production skills through a new ʻImiloa program -- "Hawaiʻi I Ke Alo: Forward Facing Hawaiʻi.”

ʻImiloa’s Nowelo Garden was dedicated in memory of Koon Leong Chock and Bertha Luke Chock during a blessing ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 13.

The garden is one of several at the grounds of ʻImiloa’s award-winning landscape that showcase plants brought to Hawaiʻi on voyaging canoes and reflect the vegetation found at various elevations on Maunakea.

ʻImiloa is excited to be continuing its A Hua He Inoa collaborative program, expanding pathways in which language and culture are the core of modern scientific practices.

On November 13th and 14th, 2021, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center celebrated its 14th annual Wayfinding Festival.

After being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic, the Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo is reopening.