PASADENA, Calif. — After careful evaluation and comparison between two outstanding candidate sites–Mauna Kea in Hawai’i and Cerro Armazones in Chile–the board of directors of the TMT Observatory ...

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The National Science Foundation will no longer fund the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope planned for construction atop Mauna Kea, instead choosing to back its international competitor, the Giant ...

Protesters gather at Mauna Kea Access Road in opposition to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea. The case was sent back to Oahu Civil Court, where damages — or compensation ...

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2019 The National Science Founda-tion’s proposed funding of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea is on hold pending further environmental review. Above, police officers stand ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There’s another struggle over the management of Mauna Kea. A special oversight authority set up to manage Mauna Kea after the Thirty Meter Telescope protests could get a ...

A leading astronomer at UC Santa Cruz hailed the selection of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as the site for construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), which will be the largest and most advanced ...

Today, Hawaii Governor David Ige announced, while in Hilo, that the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) team has informed him it will postpone construction until Monday, April 20, 2015. Today, Hawaii ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Office of Hawaiian Affairs said it has pulled two longstanding lawsuits surrounding the management of Mauna Kea. OHA said it’s withdrawing the complaints to put a ...

HONOLULU — Astronomers have indefinitely stopped looking through 13 existing telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii island while protesters block the road downslope in an attempt to prevent ...