5月3日，人群聚集在希洛王子的KūhiōplazaPlince 2025

來自夏威夷各地的30多個組織聚集在一起，與Keiki及其家人分享科學奇觀。

Crowds gathered at Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo on May 3 for AstroDay 2025, a free celebration of science, technology and space exploration.

5月3日，人群聚集在希洛王子的KūhiōplazaPlaza，參加了2025年的Astroday，這是一個免費的科學，技術和太空探索慶祝活動。

Faculty, staff and students from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) were among scientists and scholars presenting everything from hands-on activities, live science shows to robotics at the 23rd annual event hosted by Maunakea Observatories.

夏威夷大學天文學研究所（IFA）的教職員工，教職員工和學生都是科學家和學者，展示了從動手活動，現場科學表演到Maunakea Observatories舉辦的第23屆年度活動的一切。

More than 30 organizations from across Hawaiʻi came together to share the wonders of science with keiki and their families. Exhibits invited participants to build model comets, create exoplanets and explore the universe through ultraviolet cameras.

來自夏威夷各地的30多個組織聚集在一起，與Keiki及其家人分享科學奇觀。展覽邀請參與者建立模型彗星，創建系外行星並通過紫外相機探索宇宙。

“Everyone’s enthusiastic about sharing their science, and a lot of that energy gets transported to the general public, and that’s what we hope the public will come away with,” said IfA education and outreach specialist Carolyn Kaichi.

IFA教育和外展專家Carolyn Kaichi說：“每個人都熱衷於分享他們的科學，很多能量都被運送到了公眾，這就是我們希望公眾能夠消失的。”

Seeds of inspiration

靈感的種子

For many, the event was more than just fun—it was deeply personal. IfA graduate student Sage Constantinou remembered how AstroDay helped spark his own scientific journey.

對於許多人來說，這次活動不僅是有趣的，而且是個人的。 IFA研究生Sage Constantinou記得Astroday如何幫助自己激發了自己的科學旅程。

“The earlier you can get kids exposed to this sort of thing the longer it has to stew,” Constantinou said. “I used to be a little kid at these events. I grew up here in this town. It’s a big part of why I was able to follow my own path in education and eventually pursue my own research.”

康斯坦丁努說：“您越早可以讓孩子接觸這種事情，它必須燉的時間越長。” “我曾經在這些活動中是個小孩子。我在這個鎮上長大。這是我能夠遵循自己的教育道路並最終從事自己的研究的重要組成部分。”

The event celebrated student creativity through the popular Maunakea Coin Contest. Ros Haleyah Mari Asuncion Ganot, an 11th grader at Pāhoa High and Intermediate School, earned first place with her astronomy-inspired design.

該活動通過受歡迎的Maunakea硬幣競賽慶祝了學生的創造力。 Ros Haleyah Mari Asuncion Ganot是Pāhoa高中和中級學校的11年級學生，她以天文學風格的設計獲得了第一名。