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Science October 17, 2012
Surprising Spiral Structure Spotted by ALMA -- New observations reveal the secrets of a dying star
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a totally unexpected spiral structure in the mater...
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Science October 3, 2012
Mass of Dark Matter Revealed by Precise Measurements of the Galaxy
Research Overview A research team, led by Associate Professor Mareki Honma from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), has s...
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Science October 1, 2012
Discovery of an Ancient Celestial City Undergoing Rapid Growth: A Young Protocluster of Active Star-Forming Galaxies
A team of astronomers has discovered an ancient protocluster of galaxies in the midst of a vigorous process of formation. It is the densest...
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Science September 28, 2012
Radio Interferometer Measure the Edge of a Black Hole
International research team including Mareki HONMA and Tomoaki OYAMA (NAOJ) has for the first time succeeded the measurement of the edge of ...
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Science September 4, 2012
Discovery of the “Pigtail” Molecular Cloud
A research team of the Department of Physics, Keio University, has discovered a molecular cloud with a peculiar helical structure by observa...
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Science August 29, 2012
Result from ALMA: Building blocks of life found around young star
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding a you...
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Science August 3, 2012
Subaru Telescope Reveals 3D Structure of Supernovae
A research group used the Subaru Telescope to conduct observations that revealed a clumpy 3D structure of supernovae. This finding supports ...
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Science July 20, 2012
‘Seeds’ of Massive Black Holes Found at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy
Overview A research team at Keio University, led by Associate Professor Tomoharu Oka, has discovered intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) can...
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Science June 25, 2012
Multiple Mergers Generate Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy
A team of astronomers has concluded that the ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) Arp 220 developed from a multiple merger among four or mo...
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Science June 21, 2012
ALMA Reveals Constituent of a Galaxy at 12.4 Billion Light-Years Away
An international research team, led by Associate Professor Tohru Nagao from Kyoto University, and including researchers from Japan and Europ...