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For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that’s also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. That’s now changing with a new state law saying Mauna Kea must be protected for future…
HONOLULU—For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, ...
A new state law mandates balance between science and Indigenous culture
For over 50 years, telescopes have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a place sacred to Native Hawaiians and one of the best places in the world to study the night sky. That's now changing with a new state law.
Hawaii seeks end to strife over astronomy on sacred mountain