The Hoku Kea Observatory, the University of Hawaii’s educational telescope on Mauna Kea, is no more. The telescope was the first of five Mauna Kea observatories slated for removal as part of the ...

Hawaiʻi Keiki Museum’s Island Science Lecture Series continues this month with a presentation from one of the observatories atop the Big Island’s Mauna Kea. The museum in Waikōloa is thrilled to ...

Dec. 23—The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been removed and packed for shipment to Chile. The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been removed ...

The Hoku Kea Observatory, the University of Hawaii’s educational telescope on Maunakea, is no more. “We have mixed feelings about it,” said UH-Hilo chancellor Bonnie Irwin. “We’re happy that it’s the ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawai'i (Island News) -- At the summit of Mauna Kea, something new is unfolding at the Gemini Observatory — and it's rooted in something very old. The observatory has launched its ...

A leading astronomer at UC Santa Cruz hailed the selection of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as the site for construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), which will be the largest and most advanced ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. In January, the star family Kekaomakali‘i, the “Bailer of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Josh Green is pledging to help “promptly ” establish a procedure to permit construction of a controversial telescope atop ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Decommissioning of one of the observatories on Mauna Kea is set to resume. Crews will once again begin the process of removing the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 22—The University of Hawaii is investigating two fluid leaks from the chilling system of one of its observatories on Mauna ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- Crews will begin deconstructing the Caltech Telescope observatory atop Mauna Kea on Monday, Sept. 25. The telescope itself, which is 34-feet in diameter, was removed ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii protests against construction of a giant telescope have halted work at existing observatories on the Big Island. Hawaii News Now reported Sunday that workers at other facilities ...