August 28, 2006 Updated
AKARI unveils the birth and death of stars
The JAXA infrared astronomical satellite "AKARI (formerly known as ASTRO-F)" was launched on February 21st, 2006 from Uchinoura Space Centre, Japan. AKARI is continuing its mission of surveying the entire sky, making a complete map of our cosmos in infrared light. Lately, AKARI has successfully acquired two new exciting images depicting scenes of the birth and death of stars.We were able to learn significant information about the star formation and death throes by the acquired images.
- PressRelease:
AKARI unveils the birth and death of stars
-SPACE NEWS(ISAS)
-Infrared Imaging Satellite "AKARI"(ASTRO-F)