Events September 13, 2018

Announcement of Holding Mitaka Open House Day 2018

Mitaka Open House Day 2018 will be held on Oct. 26 and 27, 2018.

Topics September 10, 2018

Asteroid Science Observations from Stargazing Party Telescope

Observations made with special equipment attached to the 50-cm Telescope for Public Outreach found that asteroid Phaethon has unique characteristics.

Science September 4, 2018

Veiled Supernovae Provide Clue to Stellar Evolution

At the end of its life, a red supergiant star explodes in a hydrogen-rich supernova. By comparing observation results to simulation models, an international research team found that in many cases this explosion takes place inside a thick cloud of circumstellar matter shrouding the star.

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Science September 4, 2018

Falling Stars hold Clue for Understanding Dying Stars

An international team of researchers has proposed a new method to investigate the inner workings of supernovae explosions. This new method uses meteorites and is unique in that it can determine the contribution from electron anti-neutrinos, enigmatic particles which can’t be tracked through other means.

Science August 30, 2018

Unstoppable Monster in the Early Universe - ALMA obtains most detailed view of distant starburst galaxy

Astronomers obtained the most detailed anatomy chart of a monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away. Using ALMA, the team revealed that the molecular clouds in the galaxy are highly unstable, which leads to runaway star formation.

Topics July 20, 2018

NAOJ Director’s 30th Anniversary Address

July 1, 2018 marked 30 years since the founding of NAOJ. On July 5, the NAOJ 30th Anniversary Ceremony was held at Hitotsubashi Hall with approximately 200 guests in attendance. Here we present a transcript of NAOJ Director General Saku Tsuneta’s opening address.

Science July 13, 2018

Subaru Telescope Helps Pinpoint Origin of Ultra-High Energy Neutrino

For the first time, the source object which produced an ultra-high energy neutrino has been identified.

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Topics July 2, 2018

New IR Instrument Searches for Habitable Planets

A new instrument to search for potentially habitable/inhabited planets has started operation at the Subaru Telescope.

Science June 29, 2018

New Mystery Discovered Regarding Active Asteroid Phaethon

Based on a new study of how near-Earth asteroid Phaethon reflects light at different angles, astronomers think that its surface may reflect less light than previously thought.

Topics June 15, 2018

Full NAOJ Mitaka Campus Audio Guide Now Available

The Public Relations Center of NAOJ prepared an audio guide in English and Japanese for each open facility and placed a two-dimensional barcode onsite linking to the audio guide website.