Topics November 12, 2013

Subaru Telescope Captures Clear Image of Comet ISON in the Mid-Infrared Range

The team has captured an image of Comet ISON with the tail by the Subaru Telescope. It is the first clear image in the mid-infrared to show.

Science November 5, 2013

Astronomers Establish the Strength of High-Inclination Asteroids

A team found a smaller fraction of tiny bodies occur among high-inclination asteroids than those near the ecliptic plane with observing faint asteroids by the Subaru Telescope.

Science October 24, 2013

Unique Chemical Composition Surrounding Supermassive Black Hole – A Step toward Development of New Black Hole Exploration Method

A research team succeeded to capture a detailed image of high-density molecular gas around black hole by ALMA.

Science October 17, 2013

Fat Black Holes Grown up in Cities: “Observational” result using Virtual Observatory

A research team discovered the location of massive black holes by the Virtual Observatory.

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Topics October 4, 2013

Production of the Mirror Segment Blanks for the TMT Primary Mirror has Begun -- The First Batch of Mirror Blanks is Complete

The actual mirror blanks for the primary mirror of the TMT are complete and ready for surface finishing.

Science October 4, 2013

ALMA Discovers Large “Hot” Cocoon around a Small Baby Star

A large hot molecular could around a very young star was discovered by ALMA.

Science September 4, 2013

Blue Light Observations Indicate Water-Rich Atmosphere of a Super-Earth

A Japanese research team observed GJ 1214 b by Subaru Telescope and concludes that it is likely to have a water-rich atmosphere.

Topics September 2, 2013

The world’s first interferometric image at 500 GHz with ALMA Band 8 receivers

ALMA succeeded to take the world’s first interferometric image with Band 8 receivers, developed by NAOJ.

Science August 23, 2013

A Fluffy Disk Around a Baby Star

An international team succeeded in capturing a near-infrared image associated with the RY Tauri disk by Subaru Telescope.

Science August 9, 2013

Precisely Measuring Velocity of Supernova Shockwave

A research team has succeeded in precisely measuring the expansion velocity of a shockwave of the supernova remnant W44.