HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A University of Hawaii telescope on Mauna Kea has been chosen as a key element in the newly-approved $19.5 million NASA Landolt Space Mission. The mission encompasses ...

Maui officials voted Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to oppose a U.S. military proposal to build new telescopes on the summit of Haleakala volcano. (Andrew Selsky/AP) HONOLULU — Local officials on the ...

Work to decommission a pair of Maunakea telescopes will resume this month. Work began on disassembling the Caltech facility last year. The observatory’s 34-foot-diameter telescope and primary mirror ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Scientists hoping to build a telescope that will allow them to see 13 billion light years away, offering a look into the early years of the universe, are facing opposition from Native ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A project to build a giant telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea has the right to move forward, but Hawaii has failed the mountain in many ways, Gov. David Ige said Tuesday. Amid ...

The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025.

Native Hawaiians feel the telescope project is disrespectful to sacred land. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

Beginnings: Derek Petrowski sets a goal every New Year’s Eve and did so again on Dec. 31, 2021. “I try to make it a realistic goal,” Petrowski says, “but this time I was feeling a little wild. So I ...

WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star – one of our closest stellar neighbors — though they concluded that all of them are too hot to harbor ...