Topics June 14, 2017

Nobeyama 45-m Radio Telescope Developed by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and Mitsubishi Electric Recognized as “IEEE Milestone”

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that the Nobeyama 45-m Radio Telescope has been certified as an "IEEE Milestone" by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Topics May 26, 2017

Mitaka Campus Public Visits Reaches 200,000 Guests!

On Friday, May 26, 2017, the NAOJ Mitaka Campus Public visits area welcomed its 200,000th guest.

Topics March 28, 2017

Dr. Takiwaki and Dr. Hada received the ASJ Young Astronomer Awards 2016

Dr. Tomoya Takiwaki and Dr. Kazuhiro Hada received the ASJ Young Astronomer Awards 2016. Dr. Takiwaki is an assistant professor in the Division of Theoretical Astronomy, NAOJ and Dr. Hada is an assistant professor at NAOJ Mizusawa VLBI Observatory.

Topics March 27, 2017

9th SPSS Award Given to Dr. Joten Okamoto

The Society for Promotion of Space Science (SPSS) gave the 9th SPSS Award to Dr. Joten Okamoto, an NAOJ fellow who is engaged in research activities at the NAOJ Chile Observatory.

Topics March 3, 2017

An Extraordinary Celestial Spiral with a Twist

An international team of astronomers has found a way of deriving the orbital shape of binary stars that have orbital periods too long to be directly measured.

Topics February 28, 2017

First Public Data Release by the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program

The first dataset from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP) was released to the public on February 27th, 2017.

Topics February 17, 2017

Two Researchers in the Division of Theoretical Astronomy Receive Awards from the Inoue Foundation for Science

Two researchers in the Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, received awards from the Inoue Foundation for Science.

Topics December 16, 2016

ALMA Management Agreement Signed

On November 17, the Management Agreement Concerning Operations of ALMA was signed by NAOJ, AUI and ESO.

Topics December 12, 2016

NAOJ and UTSA Sign an Agreement to Collaborate in Astronomy

To further strengthen international collaboration, NAOJ and UTSA signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration in astronomy.

Topics December 9, 2016

Special Website “Multiwavelength Universe” Wins the WebAward 2016 Best Science Site

NAOJ’s special website, “Multiwavelength Universe” won the WebAward 2016 Best Science Site. The Web Marketing Association in the United States of America gives these awards to excellent websites.