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Maunakea Visitor Station Project to Impact Stargazing Hours

The Maunakea Visitor Information Station on Hawaiʻi Island will adjust its closing time from 10 p.m. to 5 p.m. beginning Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018.

Hawai‘i Telescopes Help Unravel Longstanding Cosmic Mystery

Using a vast array of telescopes in space and on Earth, scientists have identified a source of cosmic rays that continuously rain down on Earth from space.

Students Have First-Time Experience on Maunakea

Astronomy students from the Kohala and Kapolei High Schools experienced an unexpected treat on a recent trip to the summit of Maunakea.

PHOTO UPDATE: Snow in Hawai‘i

As of Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, The road to the summit of Mauna Kea remains closed to the public at the Visitor Information Station due to icy road conditions.

UPDATE: Graffiti Mars Historic Maunakea Ice Age Reserve Rocks

At mid-morning on Friday, April 28, graffiti was found painted on rocks within the Mauna Kea Ice Age NAR.

Maunakea Stargazing Program Moves to Four Nights a Week

The free stargazing program at the Maunakea Visitor Information Station on the Big Island will be reduced from seven to four nights a week starting on April 17.

NASA Study: Possible Change in Lovejoy’s Water ‘Fingerprint’

A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet—an effect not seen by astronomers before…

Unsolved Mysteries of Planetary Geophysics

Katherine De Kleer will survey recent discoveries on the nature of geological activity on solar system satellites and will discuss new mysteries…