The University of Hawaii-owned UKIRT telescope will be decommissioned once all the necessary paperwork is completed.

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The telescope that has been on top of Mauna Kea for nearly 50 years will be removed. On Friday, ...

Mauna Kea is considered sacred to Native Hawaiians. It also happens to be ideal for space observatories. Now, a long running fight over the mountain's future may be coming to an end.

University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy last week officially began the decommissioning process for the UH-owned UKIRT ...

The federal government's decision not to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope played a role. But questions remain about where the ...

The announcement came after the National Science Foundation withdrew financial support for the Thirty Meter Telescope project ...

For astronomers, Mauna Kea has always been attractive for its ideal observing conditions. At 13,800 feet (4,200 meters) high, the peak lies above much of the distorting effects of the atmosphere ...

Seeing numerous new faces blocking the access road up Mauna Kea, Mangauil told USA TODAY, takes his breath away. A leader of the movement, he stopped a TMT groundbreaking ceremony in 2014 and ...

Mauna Kea’s telescopes are at the forefront of discoveries about this dark energy thanks to their “exquisite image quality,” Simons said. IT’S A CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE.

Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Brett O'Brien. Multi-generational travel has seen a 40% year over year rise with more and more families experiencing new destinations together. This trend takes family ...