Recent News
February 1, 2012
ALMA Vacancy Notice
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, is a p... » more
January 30, 2012
The Role of Subaru Telescope in Supernova Research: A Q and A Interview with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter
Researchers discuss the observational results with Dr. Saul Perlmutter. Inset is a group picture ta... » more
January 20, 2012
Precise Measurment of Dark Matter Distribution with Strong and Weak Gravitional Lensing
An international research group led by Masamune Oguri, an assistant professor at IPMU, has made a p... » more
January 4, 2012
Subaru's Sharp Eye Confirms Signs of Unseen Planets in the Dust Ring of HR 4796A
Near-infrared (1.6 micron) image of the debris ring around the star HR 4796 A. An astronomical unit... » more
December 28, 2011
Complete Map of Molecular Gas and Interstellar Dust of M33
A research group lead by Shinya KOMUGI (NAOJ) and Tomoka TOSAKI (Joetsu University of Education), h... » more
December 26, 2011
Discovery of a Vigorous Star-Forming Galaxy at the Cosmic Dawn
An international team of astronomers led by Masami Ouchi at the University of Tokyo has discovered ... » more
November 24, 2011
Dr. Iye Honored with the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Dr. Iye's Medal with Purple Ribbon and certificate. On November 15, 2011, Dr. Masanori Iye was dec... » more
November 22, 2011
“Universe of Spectroscopy” open
Spectral observations tend to be thought of as classical and difficult to understand. However, the ... » more
November 22, 2011
Galaxy Collisions - Star Cluster Formation and Black Hole Growth -
The contours on the right figure show the SMA data obtained and analyzed by the group. Can a galaxy... » more
November 21, 2011
Solar Images from Taisho Period - Approximately 60 Years of Digitized Calcium K-line Solar Images Publicly Shown
The Solar Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has digitized calcium K-lin... » more