The TMT project is back under consideration for federal support, but it must complete a final design phase without taxpayer assistance.

The main goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners, its builders say. The nonprofit B612 ...

The Amos Star project shows the proposed location of seven new telescopes on Haleakala. Courtesy photo A couple of public hearings scheduled this week are seeking public comments on the U.S. Air Force ...

Gov. David Ige of Hawaii announced on Thursday that a “notice to proceed” had been issued for construction of a giant, long-contested telescope on Mauna Kea, the volcano on the Big Island that 13 ...