FastSound Project Releases Its First 3D Map of the Far-Distant Universe
The FastSound Project has released its first version of a 3D map of the far-distant Universe. An international team led by astronomers from Kyoto University,…
Subaru Telescope
Subaru Telescope’s Hyper Suprime-Cam Displays Its Capabilities, Views M31
Subaru Telescope’s Hyper Suprime-Cam displays its abilities with an impressive image of M31. A stunning image of M31 captured by Subaru Telescope’s Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC)…
SEEDS Project Discovers “Second Jupiter” – Lowest-Mass Exoplanet Around a Sun-Like Star
Astronomers in the SEEDS Project have discovered the least massive planet ever detected around a star like the sun. A so-called “second Jupiter,” planet GJ…
CoRoT Sol 1 Discovery Helps Unveil the Future of the Sun
Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have discovered a star that has about the same mass and chemical composition as the Sun. This solar twin will…
Astronomers Discover a Blue Supergiant Star Born Outside the Milky Way
Using the Subaru Telescope, the CFHT and NASA’s GALEX, astronomers reveal unprecedented views of the star formation process of a Blue Supergiant star located in…
C60 Detected in Planetary Nebula M1-11
Using data from several telescopes, researchers have detected C60 in the planetary nebula M1-11, bringing scientists closer to understanding the prevalence and formation of C60…
Direct Infrared Image of the Protoplanetary Disk around a Young Star
Using the high-resolution infrared camera HiCIAO, an international group of astronomers captured the first vivid infrared image of a curved arm of dust extending over…