Updates

December 25, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Subaru Telescope Observes Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

December 22, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Subaru Telescope's Prime Focus Spectrograph Receives Hawaiian Name ʻŌnohiʻula

December 11, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Project Assistant Professor (Galaxy Formation and/or Cosmic Evolution), Division of Science”, “Project Assistant Professor (Multi-Messenger Astronomy and/or Galactic Archeology), Division of Science” is now available.

December 10, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

In ancient stellar nurseries, some stars are born of fluffy clouds Observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud: insights into star formation in early-universe-like environments

December 3, 2025•subarutelescope.org

First Results from the Subaru Telescope's OASIS Survey: Direct Imaging of New Worlds Around Unexplored Stars

December 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Thank You, See You… Messages from the Crew

November 20, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Explore the Universe with the "Pokémon Astronomical Observatory" Traveling Exhibition

November 18, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Astronomers discover a superheated star factory in the early universe ~Hot dust indicates the rapid growth of the early galaxy~

November 17, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

The 2024 Annual Report is now available.

November 13, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Akamai Internship Program Now Accepting Applications for 2026 Cohort

November 12, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Associate Professor or Professor, Advanced Technology Center (ATC)” is now available.

November 10, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

NAOJ and KASI Sign ALMA Collaboration MoU Amendment

November 4, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Professor at ALMA Project” is now available.

November 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Missions at the Journey’s End: Recent Progress of Scientific Analysis

October 31, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “NAOJ Project Researcher at ALMA Project (Stationed at Nagoya University)” and “NAOJ Project Assistant Professor at ALMA Project (Stationed at The University of Tokyo)” is now available.

October 23, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Innovative Tech Applied to the Subaru Telescope Opens a Sharper View into the Universe

October 20, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Discovery of a Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Red Dwarf through the Synergy of Ground- and Space-Based Observatories

October 20, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “JAO Staff (Head of the ALMA Department of Engineering (Head of ADE))” is now available.

October 16, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Kea`au High School Seniors Experience Summit of Opportunity on Maunakea

October 10, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “NAOJ Project Researcher at JASMINE Project (Stationed at University of Tokyo)” is now available.

October 9, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and will close once the position is filled.” is now available.

October 6, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Project Researcher at RISE Project” is now available.

October 3, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “2026 NAOJ Project Research Fellow (General) ” is now available.

October 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Elementary School Student Completes Science Project using GALAXY CRUISE

September 25, 2025•subarutelescope.org

A Review of the Subaru Telescope 25th Anniversary Projects in 2024

September 25, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Winding Motion of Planet-Forming Spirals Captured on Video for the First Time

September 17, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Supermassive Black Holes Shine in the Most Distant "Dying" Massive GalaxiesーNew Evidence for Rapid Co-evolutionー

September 10, 2025•hinode.nao.ac.jp

The 0.5-meter Solar Optical Telescope aboard "Hinode" has been registered as "Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology"

September 9, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Subaru Telescope Registered as "Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology"

September 8, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Supermassive Black Holes Shrouded by Dust in Early Universe

September 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

EMU, the World’s Largest Catalog of Radio Galaxies appears in Citizen Astronomy!

August 29, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Project Assistant Professor at Okayama Branch, Subaru Telescope” is now available.

August 20, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Project Researcher (Project Research Fellow) at ALMA Project” is now available.

August 17, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Celebrate Culture, Science, and the Stars at the Tanabata Block Party 2025 in Hilo

August 8, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

The Universe’s Secret Harvest: ALMA Sheds Light on “the Cosmic Grapes”

August 5, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Project Research Fellow (Star and Planet Formation), Division of Science” is now available.

August 4, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Subaru Telescope Joins the First Ka`u Career Day

August 5, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Discovery of Protoplanetary Disk Caught in Explosion Driven by Stellar Jet

August 1, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Project Assistant Professor (Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology), Division of Science” is now available.

August 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launched　– The Gene of Wide-Field Observation that was inherited from Subaru

July 7, 2025•www.nao.ac.jp

Recruitment information for “Professor or Executive Engineer at ALMA Project ” is now available.

July 15, 2025•www.cfca.nao.ac.jp

Subaru Telescope Discovers "Fossil" of the Early Solar System

July 14, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Subaru Telescope Discovers "Fossil" of the Early Solar System

July 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Subaru Telescope 25th Anniversary Image Collection and GALAXY CRUISE

June 26, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Development of Total Power GPU Spectrometer was approved by ALMA Board

June 24, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

New Super-resolution Imaging Reveals the First Step of Planet Formation after Star Birth

June 23, 2025•subarutelescope.org

NAOJ Researchers Contribute to the Launch of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

June 16, 2025•www.miz.nao.ac.jp

“What If a Secondary Black Hole Exists in M87? − New Possibilities Illuminated by NANOGrav Low−Frequency Gravitational Wave Observations”

June 3, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Joint ALMA Observatory Open Day 2025

June 3, 2025•4d2u.nao.ac.jp

Star Cluster Formation from Molecular Clouds (ver.2)

June 3, 2025•subarutelescope.org

The Giant Supermassive Black Hole Cluster Discovered in the Distant Universe: New Puzzles in the Cosmic Matter Distribution

June 3, 2025•sci.nao.ac.jp

Cosmic Himalayas Quasar Cluster Defies Explanation

June 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Students, Onward from Citizen Astronomy to the Frontiers of Research: The Use of GALAXY CRUISE as a University Report Assignment and Its Contribution to Academic Research

May 27, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

ALMA Booth at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025

May 22, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

A Fierce Storm in a Giant Barred Spiral Galaxy 11 Billion Years Ago

May 7, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Assessment of Peeling Paint on the Dome Exterior

May 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Bon Voyage! Sailing the “OCEAN”: A New Spin-off Project from GALAXY CRUISE

April 30, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed Beyond planet hunting, this survey will reveal the mechanics behind planet forming discs

April 23, 2025•subarutelescope.org

COIAS Achieves the First Comet Discovery and Names Three Asteroids!

April 20, 2025•subarutelescope.org

A Hidden Cosmic Collision: Astronomers Uncover the Missing Merger Companion and Dark Matter Bridge in the Perseus Cluster

April 17, 2025•4d2u.nao.ac.jp

Star Cluster Formation from Molecular Clouds

April 17, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Akimasa Kataoka Received the Young Scientists’ Award by MEXT

April 16, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Graduate Students Conduct Observational Training Using the Subaru Telescope

April 15, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Takafumi Tsukui Received Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists

April 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

A Spring Haze Crossing the Galaxy

March 31, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

ACA Total Power Array Spectrometer Development Team Receives NAOJ Director General’s Award

March 23, 2025•subarutelescope.org

Total Lunar Eclipse Observed on Maunakea

March 10, 2025•subarutelescope.org

100 Years of the Planetarium × 25 Years of the Subaru Telescope: Online Event across Japan

March 10, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Discovery of ‘Hot Gas’ near a Supermassive Black Hole 12.9 Billion Years Ago: New Possibilities for Finding Hidden Black Holes in the Early Universe

March 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

How Do We Make Color Images of Galaxies?

February 12, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Researchers find dark matter dominating in early universe galaxies

February 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Doing Research Abroad

January 10, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Unveiling the properties of a primeval galaxy from 13.4 billion years ago

January 9, 2025•www.miz.nao.ac.jp

Radio Emission from a Supernova Observed with Japanese and Korean Telescopes

January 7, 2025•alma-telescope.jp

Yuhito Shibaike Speaks on the Frontiers of Planet Formation Research – Commemorating 160th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Switzerland

January 1, 2025•galaxycruise.mtk.nao.ac.jp

Scientific Aspects of the Violent Universe Workshop