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Subaru Telescope Discovers the Most Distant Protocluster of Galaxies
May 4, 2012
Using the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers led has discovered the most distant protocluster of galaxies ever found—one that existed less than one billion years after the Big Bang. This discovery of a protocluster in the early Universe advances our understanding of how large-scale structures form and how galaxies evolve...
Subaru-Led Team Discovers a Rare Stellar Disk of Quartz Dust
May 2, 2012
A research team of Japanese astronomers led by Dr. Hideaki Fujiwara (Subaru Telescope) has discovered a main-sequence star that is surrounded by a rare disk of quartz dust. Collisions of planetesimals, building blocks of planets, may have produced the dusty quartz ring during planet formation around the star. Based on observations with the AKARI and Spitzer infrared space telescopes, this discovery may open new doors for research on the mineralogical nature of extrasolar planetary systems...
Science Results
- Subaru Telescope Discovers the Most Distant Protocluster of Galaxies - May 4, 2012
- Mapping Galaxy Formation in Dual Mode - March 27, 2012
- Surprising Discovery of a Rare "Emerald-Cut" Galaxy - March 19, 2012
- Subaru Telescope Captures Images of the "Stealth Merger" of Dwarf Galaxies - February 8, 2012
Topics
- Subaru-Led Team Discovers a Rare Stellar Disk of Quartz Dust - May 2, 2012
- Astrophotographer Gendler Highlights Images from Subaru Telescope - May 2, 2012
- Dr. Nobuo Arimoto Becomes Director of the Subaru Telescope - May 1, 2012
- Seeing Is Believing -- Smooth Airflow around Subaru Telescope's Cylindrical Enclosure - April 18, 2012
