Science September 23, 2009

Japanese ALMA antenna became the first to arrive at the ALMA 5000 m site

apanese ALMA antenna became the first to arrive at the ALMA 5000 m site. The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) astronomic...

Science September 21, 2009

Star Formation Activities at the Outskirts of Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946

This beautiful image of spiral galaxy NGC 6946 was obtained by the Subaru Observation Experience Program Team, a group of 10 young, qualifi...

Topics July 22, 2009

Total Solar Eclipse on July 22

On July 22, people in Japan got excited at the solar eclipse. Most areas of Japan were unfortunately covered by clouds, but it was very luc...

Science July 3, 2009

A Fireworks Display in the Helix Nebula

The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, is not only one of the most interesting and beautiful planetary nebulae; it is also one of the closest nebulae ...

Topics June 22, 2009

Total Solar Eclipse 2009

Introduction On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, a total solar eclipse is visible within a narrow corridor that travels Japan's Ryukyu Islan...

Science June 16, 2009

The Most Sentitive Tera-Hertz Reciever

A research-and-development team of ALMA Band 10 lead by Yoshinori Uzawa succeeded to develope the most sensitive and the lowest-noise recie...

Science May 7, 2009

Discovery of a Cluster of Monster Galaxies

An international research team lead by Dr. Tamura (Nobeyama Radio Observatory, NAOJ) discovered a cluster of bright submillimeter galaxies ...

Science April 30, 2009

Detection of the light from the most distant known object

Okayama 188 cm telescope successed to catch the light from the most distant known object in the Universe (13 billion light years away from ...

Science April 23, 2009

Mysterious Space Blob Discovered at Cosmic Dawn

Pasadena, CA--Using information from a suite of telescopes, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, giant object that existed at a time w...

Science April 15, 2009

Creating Diamonds in Space

Do you know that there are countless diamonds in space? Loads of tiny diamonds, each measuring less than one micrometer (much less than the...