Science August 16, 2010

Japanese Receivers for ALMA Obtained the First Spectrum

Two different types of the receivers Japan developed for ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) successfully obtained the firs...

Science July 21, 2010

Subaru Telescope Detects Clues for Understanding the Origin of Mysterious Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts

Afterglow of the dark GRB and its host galaxy taken with Multi-object Infrared Camera and Spectrograph on Subaru telescope. A research team...

Topics June 14, 2010

Subaru Telescope captured Hayabusa spacecraft!

Before its re-entry to the earth after 6 billion kilometers (3.75 billion miles) round trip, Hayabusa demonstrated its namesake in the view ...

Science May 19, 2010

“Hinode” discovered the origin of white light flare

A Japan-US international research team led by Dr. Kyoko Watanabe, a JAXA aerospace project research associate, identified the origin of the...

Science April 27, 2010

Research Illuminates the Shape of Dark Matter's Distribution

An international team of researchers from Japan, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom has provided the first direct and clear evidence for an ext...

Science April 12, 2010

Conclusion of Agreement for the Launch of Nano-JASMINE

Nano-JASMINE is an astrometry satellite mission using a very small satellite with the weight of 35kg. The aperture size of a primary mirror...

Science April 6, 2010

Detection of Extended High Circular Polarization in the Orion Nebula

The origin of biomolecular homochirality is a longstanding mystery. This is the phenomenon that terrestrial living material consists almost...

Topics March 19, 2010

Japanese ALMA Antennas were nicknamed "IZAYOI"

On March 2, 2010, the ALMA-Japan Antenna Nickname Selection Committee (chaired by Leiji Matsumoto) nicknamed the Japanese ALMA antennas "IZ...

Science March 9, 2010

"Hinode" discovered strong magnetic field patches in the Sun's polar region

TA Japan-US-Euro international research team including the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan observed the solar polar region with ...

Science March 3, 2010

ALMA Band 10 development team won the Super Conductor Science and Technology Award

ALMA Band 10 development team members received the Super Conductor Science and Technology Award from the Society of Non-Traditional Technol...