Science October 25, 2010

Hybrid Black Hole Jet: A Novel Jet Model Revealed by Supercomputer Simulations

Structure of a hybrid jets. The novel jet revealed by supercomputer simulations. Jets whose speed is nearly light velocity is accelerated b...

Science September 29, 2010

Discovery of a large number of 'Monster Galaxies' in the early universe

Image of the early universe obtained by the ASTE telescope. Each bright point shows 'monster galaxy' which produces 1000 solar mass per yea...

Science September 7, 2010

Triggered Cluster Formation by the Dynamical Interactions of the Dense Molecular Gas : an Observational Study Using the 45m Telescope

This figure indicates the maps of the four objects, which are triggered by the dynamical interaction of the dense gas components.The young ...

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...

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...

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 ...