Kapulei Flores, a photographer and activist, is part of the Protect Mauna Kea movement, ... Kapulei has tried to share that perspective through her photography.

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.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs said it has pulled two longstanding lawsuits surrounding the management of Mauna Kea.

The federal government's decision not to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope played a role. But questions remain about where the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will redirect its resources.

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The telescope that has been on top of Mauna Kea for nearly 50 years will be removed. On Friday, ...

The images were captured Jan. 18 by a camera at the summit of Mauna Kea outside the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s Subaru telescope.

Mauna Kea’s telescopes are at the forefront of discoveries about this dark energy thanks to their “exquisite image quality,” Simons said. IT’S A CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE.

A new state law says Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians, must be protected for future generations and that science must be balanced with culture and the environment.

As Native Hawaiians' fight to regain stewardship of Mauna Kea, the planned site for the Thirty Meter Telescope, a new law puts astronomy decision making back in their hands.