On Wednesday (July 23), Diana Morant, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities in Spain, announced the Spanish ...

Gutting the National Science Foundation’s budget would prevent the agency from breaking ground on the Thirty Meter Telescope ...

Now the Spanish government has pitched to bring the giant facility to La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands — and backed up the effort with a pledge to contribute €400 million (US$470 million).

The US government isn't giving any money, so the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii is about to shut down. Now Spain's offering ...

After Trump’s budget cuts gutted funding for one of the world’s largest astronomy projects, Spain offers $470 million and a ...

Spain may host the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) if proposed U.S. budget cuts pass, threatening the project's future in Hawaii.

Spain has proposed allocating 400 million euros to bring to La Palma in the Canary Islands what would become the largest and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) - Construction of the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea may not resume if the latest federal budget plan is approved by Congress.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2019 The National Science Founda-tion’s proposed funding of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea is on hold pending further environmental review. Above, police officers ...

Dexter Kaiama held his hands high as a tribute to Mauna Kea in front of a line of kupuna (elders) who formed a human barricade in July 2019 to stop the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.