The Maunakea Observatories has announced the return of the Kama‘aina Observatory Experience, a program offering Hawaii residents the opportunity to visit world-class telescopes at the summit of ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are helping reshape how scientists study the Sun.

The University of Hawaii-owned UKIRT telescope will be decommissioned once all the necessary paperwork is completed. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu ...

The National Solar Observatory on Mt. Haleakala recorded this high-resolution image of a solar flare on the sun. According to the observatory, the image is about four Earth-diameters on each side.

Another telescope on Maunakea is set to be decommissioned. The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy is officially initiating the decommissioning process for the UH-owned UKIRT telescope, ...

The Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf that were orbiting distant stars, a discovery ...

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 ...

However, astronomers in Hawaii just spotted a pair of exciting discoveries — a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf — using Japan ...

Despite some daunting setbacks, executives with the Thirty Meter Telescope aren’t giving up on their plans to build it on Mauna Kea, and are investigating the possibility the observatory could be ...

(Reuters) - Protesters led by a group of native Hawaiian elders delayed the start of construction on Wednesday for a giant new telescope atop Hawaii's tallest mountain, but state officials began ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. “The astronomy industry suffers mightily under the ...