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Hawaiʻi Island is commonly called the Big Island. It’s a land of powerful contrasts: lava-sculpted coastlines, snow-capped ...

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 summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are now also targets of the strong high pressure ridge north of the state causing the ...

Scientists see Mauna Kea as a prime location for peering into the deep reaches of space. But for some native Hawaiians, the dormant volcano, the highest peak in Hawaii, is sacred ground.

Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s tallest mountain that peaks at 13,796 feet above sea level, is so tall it rises above the clouds and gets cold enough that it sometimes gets snow.

Mauna Kea stands nearly 14,000 feet (4,300 meters) above sea level, more than twice as high as the Spanish site that is already home to the world's largest optical telescope.

With protectors of Mauna Kea wanting telescope construction stopped and TMT officials determined to proceed, there's a deadlock. TMT officials have been working on a Plan B, or an alternate site ...