2010
December 9, 2010
Inclined Orbits Prevail in Exoplanetary Systems
A research team led by astronomers from the University of Tokyo and the National Astronomical Ob... » more
December 1, 2010
A very close Binary Black Hole and its Merger
The joint research team of NAOJ and other research institutes succeeded in observing a very close bi... » more
November 25, 2010
Nobeyama Astronomers Find a Proto-quasar - a Young Super-massive Black Hole - in a Dark Monster Galaxy
An international team led by astronomers at the NAOJ Nobeyama has discovered a candidate for a proto... » more
November 19, 2010
Why Do the Ionized Gas Clouds Stream Out from Galaxies?
Using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) in their observations of the Coma Cluster, r... » more
November 15, 2010
Development of the reference light source with the world highest quality - successful generation of optical signals with high stability, accuracy, and speed -
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and the National Ast... » more
October 25, 2010
Hybrid Black Hole Jet: A Novel Jet Model Revealed by Supercomputer Simulations
Structure of a hybrid jets. The novel jet revealed by supercomputer simulations. Jets whose spee... » more
September 29, 2010
Discovery of a large number of 'Monster Galaxies' in the early universe
Image of the early universe obtained by the ASTE telescope. Each bright point shows 'monster gala... » more
September 7, 2010
Triggered Cluster Formation by the Dynamical Interactions of the Dense Molecular Gas : an Observational Study Using the 45m Telescope
This figure indicates the maps of the four objects, which are triggered by the dynamical interactio... » more
August 16, 2010
Japanese Receivers for ALMA Obtained the First Spectrum
Two different types of the receivers Japan developed for ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillim... » more
July 21, 2010
Subaru Telescope Detects Clues for Understanding the Origin of Mysterious Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts
Afterglow of the dark GRB and its host galaxy taken with Multi-object Infrared Camera and Spectro... » more