Science June 12, 2014

Gigantic Explosion Buried in Dust: ALMA Probes Environment around Gamma Ray Bursts

Japanese researchers succeeded to detect radio emission from molecules in galaxies hosting gamma ray bursts first time in the world by ALMA.

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Science May 21, 2014

Revealing the Complex Outflow Structure of Binary UY Aurigae

An international team of astronomers has revealed a complicated outflow structure in the binary UY Aur.

Science May 1, 2014

Spectrum of Gamma-Ray Burst’s Afterglow Indicates the Beginning of the Re-ionization Process

A research team has discovered an indicator of when re-ionization of the primordial Universe began by FOCAS mounted on the Subaru Telescope.

Science April 7, 2014

Massive Stars Formed in a Gas Disk? Discovery of a Hot Circumstellar Disk around a Massive Protostar

Researchers discovered a hot circumstellar disk around a massive protostar by ALMA and VERA and got results of a long-standing problem.

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Science February 20, 2014

Subaru Telescope Detects Rare Form of Nitrogen in Comet ISON

A team of astronomers succeeded the first time detection of rare isotope in the Comet ISON by Subaru Telescope's HDS.

Science February 13, 2014

A Drastic Chemical Change Occurring in Birth of Planetary System: Has the Solar System also Experienced it?

The international research team observed the protostar with ALMA, and discovered an unexpected chemical change.

Science January 28, 2014

Active Supermassive Black Holes Revealed in Merging Galaxies

Infrared observation of merging galaxies with the Subaru Telescope found that at least one SMBH becomes active and luminous.

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Science January 17, 2014

ALMA Discovers a Formation Site of a Giant Planetary System

An evidence of a giant planetary system formation has been obtained around a young star by ALMA.

Topics December 6, 2013

Subaru Telescope’s Image Captures the Intricacy of Comet Lovejoy’s Tail

Astronomers used Suprime-Cam mounted on the Subaru Telescope to capture an image of Comet Lovejoy’s ion tail.

Science December 6, 2013

Marching to the Beat: Subaru’s FMOS Reveals the Well-Orchestrated Growth of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe

International research team has found the galaxies provided a nurturing environment for the birth of new stars.