Topics January 16, 2025

First Solar Images from Sunrise-Ⅲ

The first images have been published from the Sunrise-Ⅲ balloon-borne solar telescope’s successful 6.5-day stratospheric flight in July 2024.

Topics January 10, 2025

Prime Focus Spectrograph on the Subaru Telescope to Begin Science Operations in February

Researchers have finished equipping the Subaru Telescope with a new special “compound eye,” culminating several years of effort. This instrument, the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS), will be ready to begin scientific operations in February 2025.

Topics January 7, 2025

A new-year’s message from the Director General, NAOJ

Everyone, happy new year of the Snake. I would like to say a few words to mark the start of 2025. It has been nine months since I assumed th...