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Snow caps on the peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa in 2021. Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory. The snowfall which hit Hawaii occurred during what known as a "Kona Low," a low-pressure system ...
In a major shift in strategy, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees voted Thursday to withdraw two longstanding ...
A long-exposure picture of the green laser beams sighted passing over Mauna Kea, Hawaii by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera at the Subaru Telescope on January 28, 2023.
On Jan 18, 2023 (HST), the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera captured a mysterious flying spiral over Maunakea, Hawai`i. The spiral seems to be related to the SpaceX company's launch of a new satellite.
A pair of 2021 satellite photos highlight an unusually heavy snowfall in Hawaii that covered the summits of the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
The federal government's decision not to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope played a role. But questions remain about where the ...
A camera at a telescope on Mauna Kea captured a fiery object moving over Hawaii skies on Feb. 9. ... Astronomers believe the space debris is the remains of a falling satellite.
The footage from Mauna Kea was taken on Saturday, Jan. 28, prior to the recent incident where a Chinese balloon traversed over the mainland U.S. before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina.
Experts believe that a Chinese satellite fired down green laser beams that were spotted over Hawaii last month, amid growing tensions between the US and China after several foreign objects ...
Mauna Loa eruption - latest: Satellite captures view of advancing lava from space as crowds flock to volcano. ... which is right at the Mauna Kea turnoff on Saddle Road,” said Ken Hon, ...
University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy last week officially began the decommissioning process for the UH-owned UKIRT ...