Science April 8, 2009

A new solar dynamo mechanism discovered by the Hinode satellite

The Sun has strong magnetic fields as represented by sunspots. The mechanism to create such strong magnetic fields is still a mystery, and ...

Topics March 27, 2009

IYA2009 Global Project: 100 Hours of Astronomy, 2-5 April 2009

The 100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project is a worldwide event consisting of a wide range of public outreach activities, live science ...

Science February 18, 2009

Water ice in the young planetary system - future ocean of the planets?

What is the origin of the ocean on the Earth where the life began? Researchers think that the Earth was formed by the aggregation of a huge...

Science February 13, 2009

Kaguya Mission Reveals a New Global View of the Moon

Scientific teams of the Japanese KAGUYA (SELENE) mission present a new global view of the Moon. One of the team reports lunar global shape ...

Science February 10, 2009

Strong UV Radiation Detected in the Most Distant Galaxies

A team of astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Osaka Sangyo University, Tohoku University, and Laboratoire d'As...

Science January 30, 2009

Subaru Head Count of Low-mass Stars in W3 Main

The number of stars in the Universe is staggering. Because there are billions of stars in each galaxy and there are billions of galaxies, t...

Topics January 23, 2009

Subaru Telescope 10th Anniversary: Subaru has produced a beautiful high-resolution view of M33

The Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i has produced a beautiful high-resolution view of the nearby galaxy M33 that reveals fine structure in its s...

Topics January 16, 2009

Astronomers from Princeton and Japan unite to explore the universe, near and far

Scientists from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and Princeton University have agreed to collaborate over the next 10 ...

Science January 16, 2009

Dust Formation in a Metal-Poor Star

Astronomers detected dust around a carbon star in a nearby galaxy with a low abundance of heavy elements, only 5 percent of the solar abund...

Science December 4, 2008

Super Explosion in 16th Century Caught by Subaru in 21st Century

When a person looks up into the nighttime sky, they see stars, planets, and galaxies across a sea of darkness. The movements of planets and...