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Hawaiian telescope project sparks protests at astronomy meeting

Demonstration over Thirty Meter Telescope comes after arrests near Mauna Kea construction site.

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Witze, A. Hawaiian telescope project sparks protests at astronomy meeting. Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.18125

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