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 University of Hawaii-owned UKIRT telescope will be decommissioned once all the necessary paperwork is completed.

ATOP MAUNA KEA, Hawaii – If you count from sea level, we were 13,796 feet up, almost as high as Mount Rainier. Plenty high enough. But if you count from the ocean floor? My Big Island tour group ...

University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy last week officially began the decommissioning process for the UH-owned UKIRT ...

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.

The leasing arrangements for all 13 observatories on Mauna Kea expire in 2033, including the University of Hawaii’s overriding lease for the entire summit site.

Cutting data climate collection – as the Trump administration is now trying to do – is like breaking a thermometer to avoid ...

Over the last 50 years, astronomers have mounted 13 giant astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea’s summit. In 2019, Native Hawaiians including Piscioitta staged a year-long protest over ...

Caltech observatory atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, a source of cultural tension, is dismantled. Caltech and its contractors completed the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in July.

Visitors take photos near an observatory on the summit of Mauna Kea on July 15. Over the last 50 years, astronomers have mounted 13 giant telescopes on Mauna Kea’s summit.

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii -- The Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station at the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy here started a new free program called Universe Tonight.