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New Herbig-Haro Jets in Orion

New Herbig-Haro Jets in Orion

August 19, 2010

A research team led by Dr. Bo Reipurth (University of Hawaii Manoa) using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) has obtained some of the deepest and highest resolution images ever taken of the large star-forming molecular cloud Lynds 1641...

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Discovery of First Trojan Asteroid in a Stable Zone near Neptune

Discovery of First Trojan Asteroid in a Stable Zone near Neptune

August 12, 2010

Astronomers Scott Sheppard (Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.) and Chad Trujillo (Gemini Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii) have discovered the first Trojan asteroid, 2008 LC18, at a difficult-to-detect stable spot near Neptune, the so-called Lagrangian point L5...

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