Latest Science News
Jun 8, 2016
On May 10, 2016 NASA held a press conference to announce officially the discovery of the a record number 1,284 confirmed extrasolar planets from Kepler’s primary mission. Among this record haul of exoplanets were also quite a few smaller worlds including some that were found to orbit inside the habitable zones (HZ) of their systems. The Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea played a vital role in sifting through the Kepler’s large list of possible planets to identify and confirm each one. You can read about all the science behind planet finding and the science behind identifying them... read more
Local Events
Jul 5, 2016
On July 11, 2016 at 9:30am the Department of Transportation is going to hold a ceremony celebrating the official approval for the Hokualakai to be docked at Palekai. Members of PUEO have been working to restore the double hull voyaging canoe, Hokualakai, as a teaching vessel. We are excited to announce this event and hope you can join us in support down at the park. ... read more
Jun 29, 2016
MAHALO! We’ve had more donations come in than we expected and we ran out of t-shirts for the on-line orders! Thanks to Hawaii Island Contractors Association for giving the first monetary donation to PUEO. We have to apologize as we are trying to catchup to all the people who’ve pledged money or help. Just because you haven’t heard back from us yet doesn’t mean we aren’t extremely grateful. We are in the process of forming our thank you letters and our receipts for those that have donated and more t-shirts are at the shop on order right now. Those that ordered them hang in there! They are coming! In the meantime we are working on developing our educational programs and getting our message out for everyone to share. Expect to hear more on this in the upcoming weeks. Of course we are also working on our contribution to the TMT case that will take place in August and we wouldn’t even be here doing this if it wasn’t for the support of the very generous pro bono work from TORKILDSON, KATZ, MOORE, HETHERINGTON & HARRIS Attorneys At Law, A Law Corporation. We’re excited to move forward with Hawaii and we expect 2016 to be a great year thanks to everyone’s continued support! Every little bit... read more
