Topics April 13, 2012

Close Planetary Encounter Seen above Mauna Kea

Subaru Telescope’s Public Information Officer/Scientist, Dr. Hideaki Fujiwara, was fortunate to be at the right place at the right time to v...

Science March 29, 2012

Mapping Galaxy Formation in Dual Mode

A team of astronomers led by David Sobral (Leiden Observatory and Royal Observatory of Edinburgh) has explored the synergies between the Sub...

Science March 21, 2012

Surprising Discovery of a Rare “Emerald-Cut” Galaxy

An international team of astronomers has discovered a rare, rectangular-shaped galaxy that has a striking resemblance to an emerald-cut dia...

Science March 19, 2012

Discovery of Japan’s Oldest Photographic Plates of a Starfield

A team lead by Jun-ichi Watanabe and the Public Outreach and Archive Office has been inspecting as many as 20,000 old photographic plates, w...

Events March 6, 2012

Subaru Telescope: The Next Generation

Photo1: Subaru Telescope staff explain career opportunities to local high school students at the Career and Opportunity Expo. The future of...

Topics March 6, 2012

Yes, It Snows on Mauna Kea

Despite tourists' dreams of perpetual sunny skies on a tropical island, the reality of weather patterns on the Island of Hawai'i is complex ...

Science February 9, 2012

Subaru Telescope Captures Images of the “Stealth Merger” of Dwarf Galaxies

Suprime-Cam captured this image of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 (lower left) and its companion (upper right), a dwarf galaxy that has b...

Topics January 30, 2012

The Role of Subaru Telescope in Supernova Research: A Q and A Interview with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter

Researchers discuss the observational results with Dr. Saul Perlmutter. Inset is a group picture taken during one of the workshops of theSu...

Science January 20, 2012

Precise Measurement of Dark Matter Distribution with Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing

An international research group led by Masamune Oguri, an assistant professor at IPMU, has made a precise measurement of dark matter distri...

Science January 4, 2012

Subaru's Sharp Eye Confirms Signs of Unseen Planets in the Dust Ring of HR 4796A

Near-infrared (1.6 micron) image of the debris ring around the star HR 4796 A. An astronomical unit (AU) is a unit of length that correspon...