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Protesters led by native Hawaiian elders take part in a protest against the building of a giant new telescope on what they considered sacred ground at the summit of Mauna Kea volcano, on Big Island, Hawaii, on July 17, 2019. Photo by Ryan Finnerty/Hawaii Public Radio via Reuters

Nation Jul 18

Protests grow against telescope construction on Hawaii mountain some consider sacred

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Caleb Jones, Associated Press

Nation Jul 15

The Mauna Kea Observatory is a set of independent telescopes, placed on the summit of Mauna Kea volcano on the island of Hawaii. The altitude in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and isolation make the Mauna Kea absolutely one of the best sites in the world for astronomical observation.(Photo by Andrea Franceschini/Corbis News via Getty Images)
Hawaii activists prepare to protest start of telescope construction

Scientists hope the massive telescope they planned for the site will help them peer back to the time just after the Big Bang, but some Native Hawaiians consider the land holy.

By Caleb Jones, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press

Nation Jun 27

NASA technicians lift the James Webb Space Telescope with a crane and move it inside a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Photo by Desiree Stover/NASA
More delay, cost for NASA’s next-generation space telescope

NASA announced Wednesday that the James Webb Space Telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

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Astronomers Capture First Images of Distant Planets

Two teams of astronomers have for the first time captured direct images of planets orbiting faraway stars.

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