Topics April 26, 2016

NAOJ Researchers Receive the MEXT Commendation for Science and Technology

Five researchers and engineers received Prizes for Science and Technology and two young researchers received The Young Scientists' Prize, in the commendations by MEXT.

Topics March 16, 2016

Special Website “Multiwavelength Universe” English version has Opened.

The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has created an English version of the special website “Multiwavelength Universe,...

Science March 10, 2016

Mysterious Infrared Light from Space Resolved Perfectly

A research team using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has detected the faintest millimeter-wave source ever observe...

Science March 10, 2016

Deciphering Compact Galaxies in the Young Universe

A group of researchers using the Suprime-Cam instrument on the Subaru Telescope has discovered about 80 young galaxies that existed in the ...

Science March 3, 2016

ALMA Spots Baby Star’s Growing Blanket

Researchers have made the first direct observations delineating the gas disk around a baby star from the infalling gas envelope by ALMA.

Science February 25, 2016

Subaru-HiCIAO Spots Young Stars Surreptitiously Gluttonizing Their Birth Clouds

International team has used the HiCIAO camera on the Subaru Telescope to reveal dramatic moments in star and planet formation.

Science February 25, 2016

New Fast Radio Burst Discovery Finds ‘Missing Matter’ in the Universe

International team identified the distant location of a fast radio burst (FRB) for the first time with using radio and optical telescopes.

Topics February 24, 2016

Partial Solar Eclipse on March 9, 2016

On March 9, 2016, a partial solar eclipse can be observed throughout Japan.

Topics February 16, 2016

2015 External Review Report is Released

The report of the External Review for the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is released.

Topics February 12, 2016

On the direct detection of the gravitational waves by LIGO

The research team announced that the LIGO Scientific Collaboration has detected gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes.