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 ... for UH to fulfill its own commitment to decommissioning five Mauna Kea observatories.

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 ...

According to UH Hilo, the work is set to begin the week of April 15 where crews will remove the observatory building, generator building, and telecommunications and electrical infrastructure.

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 ...

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 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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Gov. David Ige and leadership officials from the Senate and House announced that they are looking for applicants for the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. Members ...