Hoku Kea was built in 1968 by the U.S. Air Force and was transferred to UH in 1970 and to UH Hilo in ... for UH to fulfill its own commitment to decommissioning five Mauna Kea observatories.

The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea features a 10.4-meter radio telescope, which is protected by a 60-foot dome. When the CSO removal project begins, a big part of the job will be ...

Hoku Kea was built in 1968 by the U.S. Air Force and was transferred to UH in 1970 and to UH-Hilo in 2003. But it has not actually functioned as an observatory for more than a decade.

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.

Maunakea Observatories’ Maunakea Coin Contest 2024 is Now Open and Accepting Entries from Students in Grades K-12 – Hawaii News | West Hawaii Today ...

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The road to Mauna Kea’s summit remains closed as crews clear piles of snow that fell during a strong winter storm that barreled over the state earlier this week.

Dec. 23—The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been removed and packed for shipment to Chile. The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been ...

Hilo Sen. Lorraine Inouye has reintroduced this year a measure she acknowledged would neuter the power of the state authority, which will take over management of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve from ...

Mauna Loa’s eruption has created a unique phenomenon in the form of dual Big Island eruptions, from both Mauna Loa and Kilauea, which has been continuously erupting since 2021. The dual eruptions are ...

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. The mountain’s dry atmosphere and limited light pollution ...

Shannon Wianecki grew up in Hawaii and writes about the Islands regularly. Hilo sits between the sea, the often-snow-capped summit of Mauna Kea and the smoldering Kilauea volcano. Twice swept ...