UPDATED: Operation Green Rights, a self-described faction of the hacker group Anonymous, took credit for hacking TMT’s and Hawaii state government’s websites.

UPDATE: UH Board of Regents chair says it would be a breach of responsibility to try and “unwind” existing agreements, but wants to see UH review and amend Mauna Kea Management Plan.

More than 53,000 people have signed a petition opposing the planned observatory.

Exciting discoveries in astronomy are made on the Big Island but observatory directors say there’s no financial profit for institutions.

The growing effort to halt construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope unfolds atop Mauna Kea and at venues like the UH Manoa campus.

Hawaii’s governor says that any further announcements will come from the TMT leadership.

Supporters of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the Big Island were caught unaware by a frenzy of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts.

Activists are calling for the removal of 13 observatories that support a $90 million industry on the Big Island that would grow appreciably with the Thirty Meter Telescope.

Students rallied on the UH Manoa campus Monday, calling for a permanent halt to TMT construction and the removal of existing telescopes on Mauna Kea.

Social media has helped fuel opposition to the observatory; now proponents are hoping to turn the tide around.