Scientific consortium hasn't given up on giant telescope in Hawaii despite protests, increased costs

Despite some daunting setbacks, executives with the Thirty Meter Telescope aren’t giving up on their plans to build it on ...
West Hawaii Today

State leaders support alternate Maunakea sites as option for Thirty Meter Telescope

State leaders support alternate Maunakea sites as option for Thirty Meter Telescope – Hawaii News | West Hawaii Today ...
Washington Examiner

Observatory plans bring-your-own telescope night

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An observatory about 20 miles southwest of downtown Wichita is inviting people to bring their own telescopes. Friday’s event at the Lake Afton Public Observatory is billed as an ...
Yahoo

Observatory telescope mirror to be disassembled in pieces

Jun. 13—The 34-foot-diameter telescope mirror from the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory will be removed from Mauna Kea in pieces this summer, following complications with the original $4 million plan ...
KITV

UH plans to dismantle 3rd Mauna Kea telescope

MAUNA KEA, Hawaiʻi (Island News) -- The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy has set into motion the decommissioning process for a university-owned telescope atop Mauna Kea. UH’s UKIRT ...
SpaceNews

Congressional language alters plans for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory

A notional concept for NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory, a large space telescope proposed to launch as soon as the early 2040s. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab ...
WVXU

After departing the Cincinnati Observatory, astronomer Dean Regas plans to keep looking up

Astronomer Dean Regas poses with the Mitchel telescope on the anniversary of its first useage. Dean Regas says he's leaving the Cincinnati Observatory, but isn't leaving Cincinnati. Thursday was his ...
Southeast Missourian

Worlds largest telescope to be built in Hawaii

HONOLULU A consortium of U.S. and Canadian universities announced Tuesday it has decided to build the world's largest telescope in Hawaii. Mauna Kea volcano was picked by Thirty Meter Telescope ...
Comicbook.com

NASA Unveils Plans for Webb Space Telescope’s First Birthday Party

In just a few short days, the James Webb Space Telescope will celebrate its first year in commission. One year ago Wednesday, the space observatory returned its first images, officially making the ...
Yahoo

Check out stunning photos from the $2 billion space telescope that captures the invisible universe — and that NASA plans to defund

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory faces budget cuts that may end its mission. Chandra still makes new black-hole discoveries and joins forces with the Webb and Hubble telescopes. Photos show how the ...
KRQE Blogs

Millions fund observatory plans for UNM-Taos

TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – UNM-Taos is bringing an “out of this world” experience to northern New Mexico thanks to a nearly $5 million project. “Astrotourism is becoming a huge area, and it promises a lot of ...