Science January 17, 2014

ALMA Discovers a Formation Site of a Giant Planetary System

An evidence of a giant planetary system formation has been obtained around a young star by ALMA.

Science December 6, 2013

Marching to the Beat: Subaru’s FMOS Reveals the Well-Orchestrated Growth of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe

International research team has found the galaxies provided a nurturing environment for the birth of new stars.

Science November 22, 2013

ALMA and Hubble Observations Probe a Giant Blob, Himiko, Seen Close to Cosmic Dawn

Astronomers have explored the nature of a mysterious huge object called “Himiko” in the early universe with ALMA and Hubble Space Telescope.

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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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.

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.