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 ...

It was a winter wonderland April 13, 2023, at the top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island. The summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are expected to get a wintry mix of snow and ice today, Feb. 21, 2026, that ...

The TMT project is back under consideration for federal support, but it must complete a final design phase without taxpayer assistance.

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 October ...

Mount Everest dominates geography books and trivia nights as Earth's tallest mountain, standing at an impressive 29,032 feet above sea level. That number gets drilled into our heads from elementary ...

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 ...

Update at 9:54 a.m. Feb. 22, 2026: The high wind warning in effect for the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island was extended until 6 a.m. Monday (Feb. 23) as blustery conditions are ...

(Reuters) - Protesters led by a group of native Hawaiian elders delayed the start of construction on Wednesday for a giant new telescope atop Hawaii's tallest mountain, but state officials began ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — 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 ...