Hawaii's Mauna Kea gets world's largest optical telescope

posted by: Chris Bailey on Tue Jul 21, 2009 at 04:28 PM The summit of the Big Island of Hawaii's 13,796-foot Mauna Kea will be the future home of the Thirty Meter Telescope. When completed, the $1.2 billion telescope should offer "time machine" views of the beginnings of the universe.  More

Solar eclipse over Pacific today will take small bite of Hawaii sun

posted by: Derek Paiva on Tue Jul 21, 2009 at 02:00 PM The longest total solar eclipse of the century will send the Sun’s shadow speeding across half the world today, darkening parts of China, India, Nepal and Japan. It won’t get pitch dark here in Hawaii this time. But we will get to experience a bit of the eclipse.  More

New DVD offers time-lapse view of Hawaii starlight from Mauna Kea

posted by: John Heckathorn on Mon Jun 15, 2009 at 01:10 AM A new DVD, "Hawaiian Starlight,"showcases the observatories on the summit of the Big Island of Hawaii's Mauna Kea, and the universe beyond the scopes in spectacular high-definition time-lapse video. Check out a trailer for the DVD here.   More

Obama administration adds Hawaii vine to endangered species list

posted by: Chris Bailey on Wed Mar 18, 2009 at 01:56 PM A rare Molokai vine has been added to the endangered species list this week. Phyllostegia hispida is the latest of Hawaii’s 329 federally protected endangered species, and the first designated by the Obama administration.  More

Digital TV in Hawaii comes early for endangered bird

posted by: Chris Bailey on Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 01:26 PM An endangered Hawaii volcano-dwelling bird hastens the state's conversion to digital TV.  More

HAWAII takes a sunset trip to Mauna Kea's summit

posted by: Derek Paiva on Fri Oct 17, 2008 at 12:17 PM Check out this video I shot for HAWAII Magazine of a recent sunset trip to the summit of Mauna Kea.   More

Lunar robot ready to roam Hawaii's Mauna Kea

posted by: Derek Paiva on Wed Oct 15, 2008 at 11:48 AM The otherworldly slopes of Mauna Kea on Hawaii’s Big Island will soon test a new lunar robot.  More