Mahalo to Chris Dye from Provo, Utah for this beautiful Aloha Friday Photo. Chris took this photo at sunrise from Lydgate Beach Park in Kapa’a on Kauai. Wow, there’s so… [...]

Mahalo to To Travis for this gorgeous Aloha Friday Photo. To’s photo was taken from the east side of Oahu, probably from the Waimanalo Beach area. The island in view… [...]

Mahalo to Elizabeth and Dan Van Os for these Aloha Friday Photos. They took these photos from their front yard from Waikoloa Village on Hawaii’s Big Island This aspect is… [...]

View Keck 2035: The W. M. Keck Observatory Strategic Plan Strategic Plan. The W. M. Keck Foundation funded both the original Keck I telescope and six years later, its twin, [...]

Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – A team of astronomers led by the University of Victoria and Yale University has detected an ancient star system traveling around our galaxy named Ursa Major III [...]

Maunakea, Hawai‘i – New data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island confirms exoplanet WASP-69b, known for its escaping atmosphere, is forming a comet-like tail that is even [...]

As of Saturday morning, December 10, 2022, lava output from the Mauna Loa eruption continues to slow. Despite spectacular fountains of lava spewing at the main fissure, the flow has [...]

UPDATE: Thurston (Nāhuku) lava tube reopened August 18, 2022 after the Park Service deemed it safe for visitors. It had been closed for 18 days for structural monitoring and safety. [...]

Hundreds of thousands of years of nearly continuous volcanic activity created long subterranean tunnels, or lava tubes, primarily on the southeast side of the Big Island. Inside many lava tubes, [...]

Surf of 7 to 10 feet continues to be forecast. The public is advised to heed all advice from ocean safety officials. When in doubt, don't go out. [...]

The depart estimated a loss of $750,000 as a result of the incident. [...]

Surf along south facing shores will remain up through early next week due to overlapping, long-period south-southwest swells. Heights will remain at the [...]

 When water flows down a gradual stream over a generally flat bottom, it’s clear and transparent, but when it hits a steep slope like rapids and waterfalls, it turns white [...]

 The Nature Conservancy has attracted gray-backed terns back to Palmyra Atoll after they were lost to the island, likely due to rat predation.(Image: Gray-backed tern chick. Credit: The Nature Conservancy.)Researchers [...]

The La Nina oceanic condition, which we’ve been in for many months, has ended, and an El Nino appears likely to form in the summer or fall. That’s the latest [...]