Topics February 24, 2016

Partial Solar Eclipse on March 9, 2016

On March 9, 2016, a partial solar eclipse can be observed throughout Japan.

Topics February 16, 2016

2015 External Review Report is Released

The report of the External Review for the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is released.

Topics February 12, 2016

On the direct detection of the gravitational waves by LIGO

The research team announced that the LIGO Scientific Collaboration has detected gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes.

Topics February 9, 2016

Multilingual Universe from “Mitaka”

The door to the digital Universe has been flung open!

Topics January 4, 2016

New Year Greetings from Director General

New Year Greetings from Director General of NAOJ.

Topics December 18, 2015

Final Results of NameExoWorlds Public Vote Released

Final results of NameExoWorlds released. The names of 19 ExoWorlds have been chosen by public vote in the NameExoWorlds contest, and accepted by the IAU.

Topics November 16, 2015

KAGRA’s Initial Operation To Begin Soon

The next-generation Telescope, KAGRA, aim to perform the world’s first detection of gravitational waves, will commence operation.

Topics September 4, 2015

CLASP was successfully launched

CLASP was successfully launched to space from White Sands in the U.S.A. and all data were stored in the instrument during the flight.

Topics April 23, 2015

Opening of “1 min. NAOJ TOPICS” a Special Website for Videos

We are pleased to announce the opening of “1 min. NAOJ TOPICS,” a special website collecting easy to understand 1 minute videos introducing some of the research activities being conducted at NAOJ.

Topics April 1, 2015

Announcement of the NAOJ Website Renewal

We launched new NAOJ website. The point of this renewal is to accommodate various devices. Please continue to use the NAOJ website from here on.