Science
May 1, 2012
Subaru-Led Team Discovers a Rare Stellar Disk of Quartz Dust
A research team of Japanese astronomers led by Dr. Hideaki Fujiwara (Subaru Telescope) has discovere... » more
April 25, 2012
Polar Field Reversal as Observed with Hinode
An international research team consisting mainly of researchers from NAOJ and RIKEN are regularly co... » more
April 13, 2012
ALMA Reveals Workings of Nearby Planetary System
A new observatory still under construction has given astronomers a major breakthrough in understandi... » more
March 29, 2012
Mapping Galaxy Formation in Dual Mode
A team of astronomers led by David Sobral (Leiden Observatory and Royal Observatory of Edinburgh) ha... » more
March 21, 2012
Surprising Discovery of a Rare “Emerald-Cut” Galaxy
An international team of astronomers has discovered a rare, rectangular-shaped galaxy that has a st... » more
March 19, 2012
Discovery of Japan’s Oldest Photographic Plates of a Starfield
A team lead by Jun-ichi Watanabe and the Public Outreach and Archive Office has been inspecting as m... » more
February 9, 2012
Subaru Telescope Captures Images of the “Stealth Merger” of Dwarf Galaxies
Suprime-Cam captured this image of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 (lower left) and its companion ... » more
January 20, 2012
Precise Measurement of Dark Matter Distribution with Strong and Weak Gravitational 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