A Keaʻau teacher’s kids came away with a deeper understanding of the cultural and scientific significance of their home ...

It looks like the Swiss Alps at the top of the Big Island of Hawaii's two highest peaks Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. Flakes began falling Thursday night at elevations as low as 8,000 feet, and up to a ...

MAUNA KEA, Hawai‘i — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s ... Today, this sublime summit on Hawaii’s Big Island is also treasured by astronomers as a portal to finding answers to the universe’s ...

Mauna Kea is a dormant 14,000-foot shield volcano ... officials to his family’s “heiau” or place of worship on Big Island. It had an impact on Rich Matsuda, Keck’s interim director ...

The peak of Mauna Kea, a shield volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, is one of the world's most remote places. The mountain's flat shape, gentle winds, and low humidity make it perfect for ...

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On Hawaii's Big Island, protests against the construction ... The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) should not be built at Mauna Kea, they contend, raising issues of indigenous rights, sovereignty ...

ATOP MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — Two and a half miles above ... another giant volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. Then, in November, Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in almost 40 years.

The National Science Foundation’s decision not to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea has been a long time coming. The decision left me feeling saddened by the victory of the Protectors ...

Mauna Kea, a volcano on the Big Island with sub-Arctic climate, sometimes sees blizzards, ice, and snow, mainly in the winter. Its fellow peak Mauna Loa also sees similar cold conditions.