Topics January 31, 2020

A new-year’s message from the Director General, NAOJ

A new-year’s message from the Director General of NAOJ, Dr. Saku Tsuneta

Science January 17, 2020

Here and Gone: Outbound Comets are Likely of Alien Origin

Astronomers at the NAOJ have analyzed the paths of two objects heading out of the Solar System forever and determined that they also most likely originated from outside of the Solar System.

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Science January 15, 2020

Active Asteroid Unveils Fireball Identity

At around 1 a.m. local standard time on April 29, 2017, a fireball flew over Kyoto, Japan.

Topics January 14, 2020

New Comet Discovered by Japanese Amateur Astronomer

A Japanese amateur astronomer has discovered a new comet.

Science January 9, 2020

Stellar Heavy Metals can Trace History of Galaxies

Astronomers have cataloged signs of 9 heavy metals in the infrared light from supergiant and giant stars.

Events December 25, 2019

First IAU Symposium on Inclusion and Diversity held in Mitaka Campus

From Tuesday, November 12 to Friday, November 15, 2019, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium 358 on “Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - a roadmap to action within the framework of the IAU centennial anniversary” was held in NAOJ Mitaka Campus.

Science December 23, 2019

Massive Gas Disk Raises Questions about Planet Formation Theory

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found a young star surrounded by an astonishing mass of gas.

Science December 19, 2019

The ‘cores’ of massive galaxies had already formed 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang

A distant galaxy more massive than our Milky Way—with more than a trillion stars—has revealed that the ‘cores’ of massive galaxies in the Universe had formed already 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, about 1 billion years earlier than previous measurements revealed.

Science December 16, 2019

Carbon Cocoons Surround Growing Galaxies―ALMA Spots Earliest Environment Pollution in the Universe―

Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young galaxies using the ALMA.

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Science November 25, 2019

Planets Around a Black Hole?―Calculations Show Possibility of Bizarre Worlds

Theoreticians in two different fields defied the common knowledge that planets orbit stars like the Sun. They proposed the possibility of thousands of planets around a supermassive black hole.

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