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Betelgeuse needs no introduction. Besides having its name borrowed by the ghost with the most, this 10-million-year-old red ...
The US government isn't giving any money, so the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii is about to shut down. Now Spain's offering ...
But all of that extra attention has led to another remarkable find. As it turns out, Betegeuse isn’t alone—it actually has a ...
HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - A telescope that’s been on top of Mauna Kea for nearly 50 years will be removed. The University of Hawaii announced Friday that the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, also ...
An observatory high on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano that measures carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reported its highest ever seasonal peak concentration of the greenhouse gas. For the first time ...
A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
In 2022 NOAA staff were able to set up a temporary measurement site at a University of Hawai’i astronomical observatory located on nearby Mauna Kea. Why is the Mauna Loa Observatory so important?
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of the world's most powerful telescopes.
Trump cuts target Mauna Loa Observatory Wednesday, March 12, 2025 08:02 am 1/2 COURTESY USGS/ DEC. 3, 2022 The Mauna Loa summit is seen in the distance from Mauna Kea in this 2022 photo.
Kamala Harris was seen jetting back to reality on Monday following her six-day post-election retreat in Hawaii with husband Doug Emhoff.
Snow in Hawaii? Cold air and moisture deliver snow to the state's tallest mountain Webcams mounted on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea showed the ground covered in white shortly ...
Winter has arrived already in Hawaii, with the first snowfall of the year coating Mauna Kea on Big Island with magical white powder. A video recorded on October 28 by Derek Petrowski, a telescope ...