Topics March 14, 2019

NAOJ Director General Saku Tsuneta Wins Japan Academy Prize

Dr. Saku Tsuneta, Director General of NAOJ, has won the Japan Academy Prize.

Topics January 15, 2019

Connecting the Dots: FOXSI-3 Data Points add up to Unprecedented Image of Solar Corona

Scientists have begun analyzing data about the solar corona captured by the FOXSI-3 sounding rocket experiment.

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Topics January 8, 2019

Construction of TMT and Beyond: A new-year’s message from the Director General, NAOJ

A new-year’s message from the Director General of NAOJ, Dr. Saku Tsuneta

Topics December 19, 2018

NAOJ ATC Researcher Recognized by IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Japan Chapter

Takafumi Kojima, a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Advanced Technology Center (NAOJ ATC) won the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Japan Young Engineer Award at the Microwave Workshops & Exhibition (MWE2018).

Topics December 17, 2018

MuSCAT2 to find Earth-like Planets in the TESS Era

A Japan-Spain team has developed a powerful 4-color simultaneous camera named MuSCAT2 for the 1.52-m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez at the Teide Observatory, Canaries, Spain.

Topics October 4, 2018

Subaru Telescope Discovers Farthest Object in Solar System

Scientists using the Subaru Telescope announced the discovery of a new small object in the outer Solar System.

Topics September 10, 2018

Asteroid Science Observations from Stargazing Party Telescope

Observations made with special equipment attached to the 50-cm Telescope for Public Outreach found that asteroid Phaethon has unique characteristics.

Topics July 20, 2018

NAOJ Director’s 30th Anniversary Address

July 1, 2018 marked 30 years since the founding of NAOJ. On July 5, the NAOJ 30th Anniversary Ceremony was held at Hitotsubashi Hall with approximately 200 guests in attendance. Here we present a transcript of NAOJ Director General Saku Tsuneta’s opening address.

Topics July 2, 2018

New IR Instrument Searches for Habitable Planets

A new instrument to search for potentially habitable/inhabited planets has started operation at the Subaru Telescope.

Topics June 15, 2018

Full NAOJ Mitaka Campus Audio Guide Now Available

The Public Relations Center of NAOJ prepared an audio guide in English and Japanese for each open facility and placed a two-dimensional barcode onsite linking to the audio guide website.