By that, they mean protectors of the mountain itself, from the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) at its summit, where the facility would join venerable observatories like the twin ...

The National Science Foundation will no longer fund the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope planned for construction atop ...

The Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island has an uncertain future due to a decision to direct limited funds toward the development of a project in Chile.

To them, the mountain is sacred. For the last four years, construction on a 14th telescope, the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope, has been delayed by legal challenges. The Hawaiian Supreme ...

After years of protests and litigation, the Supreme Court of Hawaii has approved a permit for the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, to be built on the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant ...

After years of protests that halted the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea and divided communities in Hawaii, a major change in the management of the summit is underway.

The Mauna Kea protests are gaining star power as Native Hawaiian groups continue to block construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The actor joined protesters who are protecting Mauna Kea ...

Jul. 16—Is the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope really under construction ? Is the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope really under construction ? Technically, that is true. Two years ago, former state ...

The nonprofit company behind the Thirty Meter Telescope pledged in 2014 to give $1 million to enhance science, technology, engineering and math education in Hawaii. The state approved ...

The National Science Founda- tion’s proposed funding of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea is on hold pending further environmental review. Above, police officers stand by to disperse ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) - Construction of the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea may not resume if the latest federal budget plan is approved by Congress. In its budget ...

As of 2020, the UC had already invested over $68 million in the telescope that will be joining the other 13 already atop the mountain. For astrophysicists, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a ...