5月3日，人群聚集在希洛王子的KūhiōplazaPlince 2025

来自夏威夷各地的30多个组织聚集在一起，与Keiki及其家人分享科学奇观。

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，参加了2025年的Astroday，这是一个免费的科学，技术和太空探索庆祝活动。

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.

夏威夷大学天文学研究所（IFA）的教职员工，教职员工和学生都是科学家和学者，展示了从动手活动，现场科学表演到Maunakea Observatories举办的第23届年度活动的一切。

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.

来自夏威夷各地的30多个组织聚集在一起，与Keiki及其家人分享科学奇观。展览邀请参与者建立模型彗星，创建系外行星并通过紫外相机探索宇宙。

“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教育和外展专家Carolyn Kaichi说：“每个人都热衷于分享他们的科学，很多能量都被运送到了公众，这就是我们希望公众能够消失的。”

Seeds of inspiration

灵感的种子

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.

对于许多人来说，这次活动不仅是有趣的，而且是个人的。 IFA研究生Sage Constantinou记得Astroday如何帮助自己激发了自己的科学旅程。

“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.”

康斯坦丁努说：“您越早可以让孩子接触这种事情，它必须炖的时间越长。” “我曾经在这些活动中是个小孩子。我在这个镇上长大。这是我能够遵循自己的教育道路并最终从事自己的研究的重要组成部分。”

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.

该活动通过受欢迎的Maunakea硬币竞赛庆祝了学生的创造力。 Ros Haleyah Mari Asuncion Ganot是Pāhoa高中和中级学校的11年级学生，她以天文学风格的设计获得了第一名。