Science July 8, 2019

Massive Stars Grow Same Way as Light Stars, Just Bigger

Astronomers obtained the first detailed face-on view of a gaseous disk feeding the growth of a massive baby star. They found that it shares many common features with lighter baby stars.

Science June 26, 2019

ALMA Pinpoints the Formation Site of Planet around Nearest Young Star

Researchers using ALMA found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It is highly possible that a planet is growing or about to be formed in this concentration.

Science June 18, 2019

ALMA Finds Earliest Example of Merging Galaxies

Researchers using ALMA observed signals of oxygen, carbon, and dust from a galaxy in the early Universe 13 billion years ago.

Science May 30, 2019

Subaru Telescope Captures 1800 Exploding Stars

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope identified about 1800 new supernovae in the distant Universe, including 58 Type Ia supernovae over 8 billion light-years away.

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Science May 16, 2019

ALMA Discovers Aluminum around Young Star

Researchers using ALMA data discovered an aluminum-bearing molecule for the first time around a young star.

Science April 30, 2019

Star with Strange Chemistry is from Out of Town

stronomers have discovered a star in the Milky Way Galaxy with a chemical composition unlike any other star in our Galaxy.

Topics April 23, 2019

CLASP2 Rocket Experiment Launched

The CLASP2 sounding rocket experiment launched from the White Sands in the USA and observed the Sun for 6 minutes.

Events April 22, 2019

Publicizing NAOJ Overseas with “IZAKAYA: Japanese Science Pub”

NAOJ ran a joint booth with eight research institutes and universities at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from February 14 to 17 in Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Topics April 18, 2019

Yoshida and Other Researchers Receive the MEXT Commendation for Science and Technology

Prizes for Science and Technology (Research Category) in the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) were awarded to researchers who have achieved outstanding results in observation research using the Subaru Telescope.

Science April 10, 2019

Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole — Japanese researchers contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers reveal that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.

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