Science June 14, 2012

How the Universe Escaped its “Dark Ages”

An international team of astronomers has uncovered an important clue about how the Universe emerged from its “dark ages” some 13 billion yea...

Topics June 8, 2012

Transit of Venus Images Taken by NAOJ

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 65 cm Coudé Solar Telescope Flash Report : All process of Transit of Venus taken by Okayama Astroph...

Science June 5, 2012

Nobeyama Radioheliograph Reveals Global Activity of the Sun

Outline A research team consisting mainly of researchers from NASA and the Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory have tracked the global activity...

Science June 4, 2012

Discovery of the Most Distant Galaxy in the Cosmic Dawn

A team of astronomers has used the Subaru and Keck Telescopes to discover the most distant galaxy ever found, SXDF-NB1006-2, at a distance o...

Topics May 29, 2012

Halfway There: 33 ALMA Antennas on Chajnantor

On the 5,000 meters altitude Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile, construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), ...

Topics May 23, 2012

Images of Annular Solar Eclipse Taken by NAOJ

Digest Movie of Annular Solar Eclipse 4 minutes digest movie of the eclipse process. (Japanese caption) State of the sky change around all-s...

Topics May 18, 2012

Astronomers Pray to the Stars for Recovery: Asteroids Named after Disaster-Stricken Prefectures and Other Areas

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced its newly approved asteroid names via the Minor Planet Circular (MPC) issued recently. ...

Topics May 18, 2012

Memorial Service for Prof. Koh-Ichiro Morita was Held in Santiago

On May 14 (Chilean Time), a memorial service was held at the Santiago Central Offices of the Joint ALMA Office (JAO) for Professor Koh-Ichir...

Topics May 10, 2012

Tribute to Professor Morita

Beginning May 8 (Chilean Time) and for the next several days, we are flying the flags of the ALMA partnership at half mast up at the Operati...

Science May 1, 2012

Subaru-Led Team Discovers a Rare Stellar Disk of Quartz Dust

A research team of Japanese astronomers led by Dr. Hideaki Fujiwara (Subaru Telescope) has discovered a main-sequence star that is surrounde...