04.10.2011                      06.Tischrei. 5772

Astronomie:

Israelis, Japanese discover ancient supernovae

The largest sample ever found of the most distant exploding stars have been discovered using a device called the Subaru Telescope.

The largest sample ever found of the most distant exploding stars called supernovae have been discovered by a team of Israeli and Japanese astronomers, who used a device called the Subaru Telescope, located at the 4,200 meter-high summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii.
The telescope was given the Japanese named for the Pleiades star cluster, which inspired the logo of the Japanese makers of one of Israel’s most popular car, Subaru. It alludes to the six companies that merged to create the mega-company that manufactures it. The news was jointly released for publication on Tuesday….