The largest survey of exoplanets using an observatory atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island confirms a long-predicted relationship ...

A swarm of small earthquakes shook Mauna Kea Thursday but it is not related to the movement of magma underneath the long-dormant volcano, U.S. Geological Survey scientists said today.

A swarm of about 28 tectonic earthquakes beneath the northeast side of Mauna Kea, in the Hāmākua region, was detected yesterday.

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 ...

After decades of mounting tension between scientists and Native Hawaiians, Caltech has completed its removal of a telescope from the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano that is revered by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A historic milestone on the summit of Maunakea took place as the first observatory on the summit has been completely removed and the site restored. The decommissioning of the University of Hawai’i at ...

HONOLULU — Astronomers have indefinitely stopped looking through 13 existing telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii island while protesters block the road downslope in an attempt to prevent ...

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 ...