One of the asteroids discovered through COIAS has recently been named Leilani, the first Hawaiian name assigned to a COIAS ...

According to the agreement between Directors of Subaru Telescope and Keck Observatory, Subaru users can apply to Keck time through this Subaru-Keck time exchange program. This time exchange program is ...

Deadline for Normal / Intensive / HSC Queue mode Filler / PFS Community Filler Program Submission September 1 (Tue), 2027 12:00 (Noon) in Japan Standard Time (i.e., September 1, 3:00 am in UT) ...

These images show the current views around the Subaru Telescope summit facilities. The images are updated every a few minutes. Please click the "reload" button on ...

NAOJ is a national center of Japan's astronomy that has world-leading observation facilities. As an inter-university research institute, it engages in activities for progress of astronomy and relevant ...

The Subaru Telescope observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on January 7, 2026 (UT), after it made its closest approach to the Sun. By observing colors in the coma around the comet, astronomers ...

Observations with the Euclid Space Telescope and ground-based facilities, including the Subaru Telescope, have led to the discovery of 31 quasars in the early Universe, powered by supermassive black ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a tightly packed cluster of supermassive black holes dating back 10.8 billion years―the most extreme concentration of such objects ever found in the ...

Hawaiian culture, the natural environment of Maunakea, a star-filled sky, and the observatories near the Maunakea summit inspire Hawaiʻi Island students to create original artwork for the Maunakea ...

The Subaru Telescope has started a new outreach camera project in collaboration with the Asahi-Shimbun, one of the most popular newspapers in Japan. This camera is used for live streaming of the night ...

Worlds like Tatooine—the iconic twin-sun planet from Star Wars—are no longer confined to science fiction; they have entered the realm of modern astrophysics. These distant worlds, orbiting stars ...

Subaru Telescope’s advanced Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) has been given a new Hawaiian name, ʻŌnohiʻula. This name recognizes the instrument’s embodiment of the idea of "perceiving the realm of our ...