John O'Meara, chief scientist at the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, said that means the next few years will be crucial for astronomy in Hawaii. Once it has full control over the mountain ...

The protesters who gathered at the base of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island include indigenous Hawaiian elders, or "kupuna." They began to gather on the main road leading up to the observatories ...

A telescope pedestal sits on ... The latest University of Hawaii Mauna Kea Master Plan calls for a maximum of nine observatories to remain atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain by the time the Mauna ...

Caltech has retired a telescope atop the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea following a cultural sea change in how people view land development on revered landmarks. Caltech dismantles observatory atop ...

The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea features a 10.4-meter ... University of Hawaii at Hilo’s teaching telescope, two buildings and associated infrastructure would be removed ...

Hundreds of protestors have blocked construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Thirteen astronomical observatories that call the mountain home have evacuated workers ...

The leasing arrangements for all 13 observatories on Mauna Kea expire in 2033, including the University of Hawaii’s overriding lease for the entire summit site.

And the Keck observatory at Mauna Kea played a crucial role in making this discovery. Two rival teams of astronomers used the telescopes in Hawaii to examine a large inventory of distant type IA ...

On Hawaii's Big Island ... The Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory picked Mauna Kea as its first choice for the project in 2009, leading to nearly a decade of legal challenges ...

Mauna Kea is a dormant 14,000-foot shield volcano. In Native Hawaiian lore ... more broadly with other telescope workers. Palacat-Nelsen said such efforts by observatories give him hope that ...

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 ...