National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Observatory in Mitaka, JapanWikipedia
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Oct 19, 2026
GorgorodHOST
I've seen pictures of the Subaru telescope.
GorgorodHOST
It's operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, right near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
GorgorodHOST
But what makes this specific telescope the weapon of choice for this hunt?
speaker_1HOST
It comes down to the instrument attached to it.
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speaker_1HOST
And it gets worse for the hypothesis.
GorgorodHOST
How does it get worse?
speaker_1HOST
Yukon Huang at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ran exhaustive numerical simulations.
speaker_1HOST
He created 1,000 statistical clones of ammonite and ran them through supercomputers to trace their gravitational history.
speaker_4HOST
That stands for the Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared Spectro-Polarimeter.
speaker_4HOST
It was developed under the leadership of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
speaker_3HOST
And what exactly does SCIP do?
speaker_4HOST
It operates by measuring the polarization of light.