Thirty Meter Telescope

• Hawaii or Spain? Experts say it may not matter where telescope is built

  There's no significant opposition to putting the telescope on La Palma like there is in Hawaii, where some Native Hawaiians consider the mountain sacred.

  Science

  Aug 25, 2019
  
• B.C. chiefs call on Canada to cancel funding for controversial Hawaii telescope

  The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs is calling for the Thirty Meter Telescope project to be shut down and for the Canadian government to withdraw its support for the project.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2019
  
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• Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope: What is it, and why are people protesting?

  Here is what you need to know about the project and protests.

  World

  Jul 22, 2019
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• Opponents of massive telescope in Hawaii gather for protest march

  Hundreds of protesters last week blocked a road to stop construction of the $1.4 billion telescope on Mauna Kea.

  World

  Jul 21, 2019
• Hawaii protesters vow to keep up fight against Canadian-backed telescope on Mauna Kea

  Astronomers are hopeful the $1.4-billion Thirty Meter Telescope will help them study the earliest moments of the universe after the Big Bang.

  Science

  Jul 16, 2019
• Hawaiian court greenlights massive, controversial telescope partially designed by B.C. firm

  Port Coquitlam's Dynamic Industries designed the telescope's enclosure and hopes to fabricate it from 5,000 tonnes of steel.

  Science

  Nov 1, 2018
• Canary Islands chosen as alternate site for giant Thirty Meter Telescope

  The team behind a project to build one of the world's largest telescopes said on Monday it has chosen Spain's Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean as a possible alternative to Hawaii.

  Science

  Nov 1, 2016
• Some science stories you may have missed in 2015

  2015 was filled with a lot of exciting science stories. But here are some you may have missed.

  Science

  Dec 26, 2015
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• Telescope equipment coming down from Hawaiian mountain

  Construction equipment and vehicles that have sat idle since protesters blocked crews from building a giant telescope are being removed from a mountain that's considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians.

  World

  Dec 17, 2015
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• Hawaii Supreme Court yanks permit for telescope on volcano

  The Hawaii Supreme Court Wednesday invalidated a permit awarded for the construction of one of the world's largest telescopes on a mountain many Native Hawaiians consider sacred.

  Science

  Dec 2, 2015