HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A University of Hawaii telescope on Mauna Kea has been chosen as a key element in the newly-approved $19.5 million NASA Landolt Space Mission. The mission encompasses ...

HONOLULU — The earthquake that rocked Hawaii damaged some of the world’s most advanced equipment for gazing into outer space. Scientists at many of the 13 telescopes atop Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano ...

The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025.

Work to decommission a pair of Maunakea telescopes will resume this month. Work began on disassembling the Caltech facility last year. The observatory’s 34-foot-diameter telescope and primary mirror ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Three Hawaii observatories are said to be playing a critical role in the Euclid space telescope mission that launched from Florida on Saturday. The telescope will spend over ...

Many Hawaii residents oppose plans from the U.S. Space Force to build a suite of new telescopes designed to track satellites and prevent them from colliding in orbit. The Department of the Air Force ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A project to build a giant telescope near the summit of Mauna Kea has the right to move forward, but Hawaii has failed the mountain in many ways, Gov. David Ige said Tuesday. Amid ...