After years of protests that halted the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea and divided communities in Hawaii, a major change in the management of the summit is underway.

when state and local officials were scheduled to close off an access road to allow trucks to embark up the dormant volcano known as Mauna Kea, thus beginning construction of the Thirty Meter ...

Shane Palacat-Nelsen's voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest point in Hawaii.

The Thirty-Meter Telescope ... saying its massive size could potentially spoil the land on Mauna Kea's already crowded summit. Those protests, among other things, have stalled development on ...

A video recorded on October 28 by Derek Petrowski, a telescope operator and support technician at W.M. KECK Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea, shows the snow-coated scenes during his drive ...

But here's a shocker: Mauna Kea in Hawaii takes the crown as the tallest volcano on Earth. Measuring over 10,200 meters from ...

MAUNA KEA >> Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice ... thousands came out to protest a proposed $2.65 billion Thirty Meter Telescope project near the summit. This protest catalyzed the passage of a ...

A photograph of the Milky Way taken on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea by Polish astrophotographer Marzena Rogozińska has been named ...

A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes ...

But it's not unusual for snow to fall at the higher elevations on Mauna Kea during the wetter, winter months. The summit is so high — it sits 13,803 feet (4,207 meters) above sea level — that ...

The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches ... The summit is so high — it sits 13,803 feet (4,207 meters) above sea level — that temperatures there can drop below ...

Winter has arrived, but not across Canada, in Hawaii. The first snow of the season turned Hawaii’s highest peak Mauna Kea Summit into a winter wonderland. The summit saw almost 5 cm of snow on ...