Science December 20, 2006

XRT/Hinode(Solar-B) Initial Results

In the press conference held on 20 December 2006, latest data and movie from X-Ray Telescope (XRT) had been released. XRT observes corona o...

Science November 27, 2006

Hinode (Solar-B) First One Month

Hinode (Solar-B) project team released several images and movies of "microscopic" observations of the sun taken by Solar Optical Telescope ...

Science November 21, 2006

Subaru Telescope Improves its Eyesight by a Factor of Ten

On October 9, 2006 the Subaru telescope researchers used a new adaptive optics system to obtain an image of the Trapezium region of the Ori...

Science October 31, 2006

Hinode (Solar-B) First Light

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) briefs on Hinode (Solar-B) early operation status and releases Hinode's "First Light" photos. The ...

Science October 24, 2006

Subaru Earthquake: Message from Dr. Masahiko Hayashi, Director of Subaru Telescope

Thank you for all your expressions of concern and encouragement. Subaru Telescope will carry out detailed analyses of the impact of the ear...

Science October 24, 2006

Star Ends Infancy Abruptly

Zooming in on a nearby young star called HD 141569A, astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the Max Planck Ins...

Science September 23, 2006

Hinode (Solar-B) has Flown!

Solar-B and its vehicle M-V-7 rocket have been successfully launched from Uchinoura Space Center (USC/JAXA) at 06:36 am on 23 September 200...

Science September 14, 2006

Cosmic Archeology Uncovers the Universe's Dark Ages

Astronomers using the Subaru telescope in Hawai'i have looked 60 million years further back in time than any other astronomers, to find the...

Science August 30, 2006

Japanese Researcher Finds Massive Black Hole 12.7 Billion Light-years Away

Astronomer Tomotsugu Goto from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA) has used the Subaru telescope to identify a distant quasar powe...

Science July 27, 2006

Giant Gas Clouds Illuminate Universe's Largest Structure

A team of astronomers using the Subaru and Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea has discovered giant, three-dimensional filaments of galaxies exten...