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China's gigantic telescope detects over 900 new pulsars

STORY: China's gigantic telescope detects over 900 new pulsars SHOOTING TIME: recent footages DATELINE: April 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAN JINLIN, Scientist with the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) 3. various of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIANG PENG, Chief engineer of the FAST STORYLINE: China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. Pulsars, or fast-spinning neutron stars, originate from the imploded cores of massive dying stars through supernova explosions. Pulsar observation is an important task for FAST, which can be used to confirm the existence of gravitational radia

Hawaii activates National Guard amid Mauna Loa eruption

STORY: Hawaii activates National Guard amid Mauna Loa eruption DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, the United States CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano (courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) STORYLINE: The eruption of Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, the world's largest active volcano, has prompted Hawaii's National Guard to help as residents and tourists flock to witness the rare scene. Since its eruption on Nov. 27, Mauna Loa has been shooting jets of lava toward the sky and down the massive mountain. While officials said there is still no immediate risk to communities on Hawaii's Big Island, lava has now crept within 2 miles of the main highway connecting the eastern and western halves of the Big Island. "The leading edge of the lava flow continues to have minimal movement... and is approximately 2 miles from Daniel K. Inouye highway," the County of Hawaii's hazards website said Tuesday morning. "It does not pose a threat to any comm

On the road again

The world's largest primary mirror for an optical-infrared telescope heads for the top of the 4,200-meter Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island on Oct. 5, continuing a trip that began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 8.2-meter-wide, 20-centimeter-thick mirror will be installed in the ''Subaru'' telescope being built by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

Huge Chilean radio telescope to seek new planets, galaxies

TOKYO, Japan - A graphics released April 4 by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) shows a high-altitude radio telescope which scientists from Japan, Europe and North America agreed to build in Chile. The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), the largest of its kind in the world, will mainly consist of 64 moveable 12-meter-diameter dishes distributed in a circle 10 kilometers in diameter.

Japanese Princess Sayako makes speech in Hawaii

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Japanese Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, speaks Sept. 17 during a ceremony at the top of Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island to mark the completion of construction there of Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

Japan's Princess Sayako observes heavens in Hawaii

HAWAII ISLAND, United States - Japan's Princess Sayako engages in a little nighttime astronomy with Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, at the top of Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island on Sept. 16 local time. The only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko is in Hawaii to attend a ceremony to mark the completion of the Japanese telescope.

Subaru telescope captures 'halo' of nebula M57

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) released Sept. 17 a picture showing a faint ''halo'' around nebula M57, or the Ring Nebula, some 1,600 light years away from Earth. The Subaru telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the first one to successfully capture the halo surrounding the nebula's clear, white outer ring, NAOJ said.

Subaru telescope photographs protostars' jets

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan released Aug. 24 this image of two parallel jets being emitted from a nebula which is 450 light years from Earth and believed to contain two protostars. The image was captured by the Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes which is located at the summit of the Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

First light images taken by Japan's 'Subaru' telescope

This handout photo of the Orion nebula, released by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) on Jan. 29, has been taken using 'Subaru,' one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes located in Hawaii. It shows sharp images of four bright stars called Trapezium, which are normally concealed behind gas clouds. The Subaru Telescope, named after the Japanese word for Pleiades, made verifiable observations of objects 5 billion light years away in the Milky Way Galaxy in two hours, compared with the seven hours it took the orbiting Hubble Telescope, NAOJ officials said. ==Kyodo

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