Hawaii’s significant contribution to science, particularly those discoveries made through telescope installations on two ...

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

A new animated map sheds light on the superhot "zombie star" at the heart of a nebula leftover from a distant supernova ...

Dec. 19—Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. Rich Matsuda's work has always taken him toward the sky. The Punahou School graduate was trained as an electrical engineer and ...

Over the last 50 years, astronomers have mounted 13 giant astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea’s summit. In 2019, Native Hawaiians including Piscioitta staged a year-long protest over ...

John O’Meara, who moved to Hawaii to become the chief scientist at Keck shortly before the 2019 protest, ... astronomers have mounted 13 giant astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea’s summit.

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Mauna Kea is a dormant 14,000-foot shield volcano. In Native Hawaiian lore, it is the first-born son of the sky father and earth mother.

MAUNA KEA (KHON2 ... Two Muana Kea Observatories in Hawai’i, W. M. Keck Observatory and Gemini North were used to find the pair of black holes “embedded within two galaxies that merged when ...

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.

HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. David Ige on Monday appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian activists, to a new board charged with managing Mauna Kea summit lands underneath some ...