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The Gemini Observatory on Mauna Kea has launched its first Hawaiʻi Culture and Language Residency, bringing Hawaiian cultural ...
The Hoku Kea Observatory, the University of Hawaii’s educational telescope on Mauna Kea, is no more. The telescope was the first of five Mauna Kea observatories slated for removal as part of the ...
Dec. 23—The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been removed and packed for shipment to Chile. The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been removed ...
After decades of mounting tension between scientists and Native Hawaiians, Caltech has completed its removal of a telescope from the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano that is revered by the ...
The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea features a 10.4-meter radio telescope, which is protected by a 60-foot dome. When the CSO removal project begins, a big part of the job will be ...
The Hoku Kea Observatory, the University of Hawaii’s educational telescope on Maunakea, is no more. “We have mixed feelings about it,” said UH-Hilo chancellor Bonnie Irwin. “We’re happy that it’s the ...
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- Crews will begin deconstructing the Caltech Telescope observatory atop Mauna Kea on Monday, Sept. 25. The telescope itself, which is 34-feet in diameter, was removed ...
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest ...
Born and raised in Hilo, I grew up hiking in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, fishing in Kaʻū, and stargazing on Mauna Kea. I knew then that the Big Island is one of the most beautiful places on Earth ...
MAUNA KEA, Hawai‘i — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest ...
After decades of mounting tension between scientists and Native Hawaiians, Caltech has completed its removal of a telescope from the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano that is revered by the ...