2016
Updated information of NAOJ website and each project website.
- December 28, 2016 | Astronomical Events Information
- February, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
- March, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
- December 27, 2016 | Picture of the week
- ALMA Operations Support Facility
- December 26, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Collaboration with Australia Announced
- December 22, 2016 | ALMA
- First Light for Band 5 at ALMA
- December 20, 2016 | Picture of the week
- The Town of Iriki Sinks Beneath a Sea of Clouds
- December 19, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- Assistant Professor, the Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
- December 14, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Finds Compelling Evidence for Pair of Infant Planets around Young Star
- December 13, 2016 | ALMA
- 2016 Koh-ichiro Morita Memorial Concert―Far Beyond the Stars―
- December 13, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Supernova Remnant Crab Nebula (M1) Floating in Empty Space
- December 9, 2016 | Astronomical Events Information
- 2017 Astronomical Information
- December 8, 2016 | ALMA
- 22nd ALMA Public Lecture held in Nagoya
- December 6, 2016 | Picture of the week
- “KAGUYA’s Moon” Exploring the Lunar Surface
- December 2, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - INSTRUMENT SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- December 1, 2016 | Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
- SCHEDULE CHANGE : Call for Observing Proposals Semester 2017B.
- November 22, 2016 | Picture of the week
- The Milky Way Over the ALMA Operations Support Facility
- November 16, 2016 | TMT-J Project Office
- Segment-Handling Robot awarded the Good Design Award
- November 15, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A Shot of a Plane Passing in Front of the Sun
- November 11, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- New Detective Instrument Captures Chemical Signatures of Planets
- November 11, 2016 | Nobeyama Radio Observatory
- Observing proposals for 45-m telescope of NRO (short program) are invited for the 35th observing season.
- November 8, 2016 | Picture of the week
- From Planetesimals to Planets (Formation of Terrestrial Planets)
- November 7, 2016 | ALMA
- Tsunami of Stars and Gas Produces Dazzling Eye-shaped Feature in Galaxy
- November 2, 2016 | CfCA
- Mystery Solved Behind Birth of Saturn’s Rings
- November 2, 2016 | ALMA
- Mitaka Open House Day 2016
- November 1, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Silhouette of the Meridian Circle Building Over the Autumn Carpet
- October 28, 2016 | ALMA
- Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples
- October 27, 2016 | ALMA
- NAOJ-SOKENDAI Summer Student Program
- October 25, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Antennas Watching the Southern Sky
- October 21, 2016 | ALMA
- New Webcam for ALMA Offers Stunning Views of the Array
- October 18, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Night at Headquarters, Supporting Astronomy
- October 11, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Mitaka Open House Day 2016 “Gravitational Waves, a new Frontier of Astronomy”
- October 11, 2016 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy
- New classes of electron orbits in magnetic reconnection
- October 11, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - SUBARU NIGHT OPERATION ASSISTANT
- October 7, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- What Swings a Star Around – Another Star or a Distant Planet?
- October 4, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Why does NAOJ have a Machine Shop?
- October 3, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Huge Fireball Sighted on Maunakea
- September 30, 2016 | ALMA
- Spiral Arms Embrace Young Star
- September 30, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- NAOJ Project Research Fellow 2017
- September 28, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Explores the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Uncovers Insights into 'Golden Age' of Galaxy Formation
- September 27, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Formation of a Spiral Galaxy ver. 3
- September 27, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA celebrates half a decade of scientific results
- September 20, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Celebrating the Halfway Mark with Hinode Solar Observatory
- September 15, 2016 | ALMA
- Nobeyama Open Campus 2016
- September 14, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Perseid Meteor Shower 2016
- September 12, 2016 | Hinode
- Hinode; Tenth Anniversary Movie
- September 6, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Rotating Asteroid Juno
- August 31, 2016 | ALMA
- Record-breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered
- August 30, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A “Brook of Stars” Flowing through a Galaxy
- August 24, 2016 | ALMA
- New ALMA Capabilities for Cycle 4 Attract Large Number of Proposals
- August 23, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A Stroll through the ALMA Array Operations Site
- August 17, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Explores Orion's Turbulent Border
- August 16, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Hunting Black Holes
- August 15, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- Assistant Professor in Gravitational Wave Research, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- August 9, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A Disk of Gas and Dust Surrounding Young Star HD 142527
- August 8, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for a Chile-based professor of the NAOJ Chile Observatory
- August 3, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- Recruitment Announcement for National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, SOLAR-C Project Office Annual Salary System Employee (Project Research Fellow)
- August 2, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Telescope at NINS Nobeyama Exhibition Room
- August 2, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory and the Summer Milky Way
- August 1, 2016 | Hinode Science Center
- The Hinode homepage has been renewed
- August 1, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- Announcement – NAOJ Fellow 2017
- OBSERVATION SYSTEM ASSOCIATE – ID# 16407
- July 29, 2016 | 4D2U
- A Movie content "Formation of Planetesimals" download page opened.
- July 26, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A Radio Telescope that Tracked Solar Activity, Retired to Mitaka
- July 21, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Newly Discovered Solar System Objects Resonate with Neptune
- July 20, 2016 | 4D2U
- Giant Impact of Protoplanets
- July 20, 2016 | ALMA
- TANABATA Lecture at Santiago Japanese School
- July 20, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Achieved Highest Sensitivity Polarimetry in Millimeter Wavelength
- July 19, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Site of Galactic Cluster Formation 12.7 Billion Years Ago
- July 19, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- SUBARU TELESCOPE INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER – ID# 16373.
- SUBARU TELESCOPE/FACILITY MAINTENANCE ENGINEER – ID# 16372
- July 15, 2016 | Astronomical Events Information
- Astronomical Information 2016 November
- Astronomical Information 2016 December
- July 15, 2016 | Hinode Science Center
- "Let's observe the Sun with Hinode 2016" will be carried out from July 22 to July 29 and from Aug.15 to Aug.20, 2016.
- July 14, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Observes First Protoplanetary Water Snow Line Thanks to Stellar Outburst
- July 12, 2016 | 4D2U
- A Movie content "Dynamics of Saturn’s Ring (II. Propeller Structure)" download page opened.
- July 12, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Galactic Merger (II. The Case of Oblique Impact)
- July 6, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA to Increase its Capacity with Band 1 Receiver
- July 5, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Large Quantity of Solid Particles in a Ring Shining in Space
- June 28, 2016 | ALMA
- Rotating Ring of Complex Organic Molecules Discovered around Newborn Star: Chemical Diversity in Planet Forming Regions Unveiled
- June 28, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Formation of the Moon
- June 22, 2016 | Nobeyama Radio Observatory
- Observing proposals for the 45-m telescope of NRO are invited for the next 35rd observing season.
- June 21, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Subaru Telescope Detects the Sudden Appearance of Galaxies in the Early Universe
- June 20, 2016 | Gravitational Wave Project office
- Website renewal
- June 16, 2016 | ALMA
- First Detection of Methyl Alcohol in a Planet-forming Disc
- June 14, 2016 | Picture of the week
- This is the Way Cassegrain Instrument Exchange Takes Place
- June 14, 2016 | ALMA
- Lecture at the Japanese School of Buenos Aires
- June 6, 2016 | ALMA
- Black Hole Deluged by Cold Intergalactic 'Rain'
- June 7, 2016 | Picture of the week
- ALMA Images a Cosmic Ghost
- June 6, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- SUMMIT MECHANICAL/TELESCOPE TECHNICIAN I, II, III – ID# 16287.
- SUBARU OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE – ID# 16285.
- June 3, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016
- June 1, 2016 | Gallery
- Paper Models of NAOJ Telescopes
- May 31, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Electromagnetic Radiation from a Neutron Star Merger
- May 27, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- Recruitment Announcement for National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Public Relations Center Annual Salary System Employee (Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)
- May 26, 2016 | ALMA
- NAOJ Chile Observatory Director's Lecture at the Japan-Chile Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- May 24, 2016 | Picture of the week
- What is a Meteor shower?
- May 23, 2016 | ALMA
- Cometary Belt around Distant Multi-Planet System Hints at Hidden or Wandering Planets
- May 17, 2016 | Picture of the week
- The Heart of Spiral Galaxy M77
- May 16, 2016 | Gravitational Wave Project Office
- The Special Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental physics awarded for the Detection of Gravitational Waves.
- May 13, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Throw a Net, Catch a Long-tailed Fish: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
- May 12, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Did Star Formation Regulation Change as the Universe Evolve?
- May 12, 2016 | Hinode Science Center
- Transit of Mercury captured by Hinode
- May 10, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Formation of a Rich Galaxy Cluster 7 Billion Years Ago
- May 9, 2016 | ALMA
- SOKENDAI Future Scientist Award Given to Kyoko Onishi
- May 2, 2016 | ALMA
- Miniature AOS Newly Exhibited
- May 2, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- The Process of Cassegrain Instrument Exchange at Subaru Telescope
- April 27, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Cycle 4 Town Meeting in Mitaka
- April 26, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Oshu Space & Astronomy Museum and the Late-Spring Cherry Blossoms in the Evening Glow
- April 21, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Principal Investigator for the the Hyper Suprime-Cam Honored For His Work
- April 19, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Gas Ejected from Galaxies
- April 15, 2016 | ALMA
- Dwarf Dark Galaxy Hidden in ALMA Gravitational Lens Image
- April 12, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Mitaka Wrapped in the Soft Spring, the Transit Instrument Building
- April 8, 2016 | Astronomical Events Information
- Astronomical Information 2016 July
- April 7, 2016 | Astronomical Events Information
- Astronomical Information 2016 June
- April 5, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Dynamics of the Ring of Saturn (I. Wake Structure Formation)
- April 1, 2016 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy
- Conversion of Hadronic Matter to Quark Matter in Neutron Stars
- April 1, 2016 | ALMA
- Planet Formation in Earth-like Orbit around a Young Star
- April 1, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Subaru Outreach Brings the Universe to Hawai‘i
- March 29, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A Small Galaxy being Ripped Apart and Devoured by a Giant Galaxy
- March 28, 2016 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy
- New Model on the Origin of the Heavy Elements: Solving the Underproduction Problem of the r-Process
- March 25, 2016 | 4D2U
- Dynamics of Saturn’s Ring (I. Wake Structure)
- March 22, 2016 | Picture of the week
- “Three Musketeers” Exploring the Universe
- March 22, 2016 | Job Vacancies
- The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for a Technical Expert of the Gravitational Wave Project Office
- The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for a Administrative Supporter of the Gravitational Wave Project Office
- March 22, 2016 | Solar Observatory
- Total Solar Eclipse Image on 2016 March 9 is released
- March 18, 2016 | Astronomical Events Information
- Astronomical Information 2016 May
- March 15, 2016 | Picture of the week
- The Complete Einstein Ring of Distant Galaxy SDP.81
- March 14, 2016 | Annual Report of the NAOJ
- Annual Report of the NAOJ Volume 17 Fiscal 2014
- March 11, 2016 | Hinode Science Center
- Eclipse on 9 March 2016: public release of images and videos taken by the "Hinode" satellite
- March 9, 2016 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy
- Galactic Spiral Arms by Swing Amplification
- March 8, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A Total Solar Eclipse Seen in X-rays
- March 1, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Subaru at ʻImiloa: Lift Off to Visit Your Favorite Place in The Universe
- March 1, 2016 | Picture of the week
- 188-cm Reflector Telescope Dome beneath a Full Sky of Stars
- February 24, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Talk about the Planet Search
- February 23, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Formation and Evolution of Dark Matter Halos (II. Formation of the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe)
- February 23, 2016 | ALMA
- The Frigid Flying Saucer
- February 19, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Subaru Telescope Users' Meeting (January 2016)
- February 18, 2016 | ALMA
- Chaotic Turbulence Roiling ‘Most Luminous Galaxy’ in the Universe
- February 16, 2016 | Picture of the week
- The Winter Constellations Departing Through a Bare Grove, the Start of Spring
- February 12, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Sharing Stories of the Stars: A Grant to Bring Children to Visit ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
- February 9, 2016 | Picture of the week
- A Galaxy Group Evolving 300 Million Light-Years Away
- February 2, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Calendar of Waxing Crescent Moons for the 7th Year of the Ansei Era
- January 26, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Ultra Faint Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy Boötes I
- January 26, 2016 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy
- Large-scale structure of magnetic reconnection by means of kinetic simulations
- January 25, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Telescopes on Maunakea Are Front-runners in the Quest for Planet 9
- January 20, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Upgraded MOIRCS Instrument Achieves New Year's Resolution – Better Images
- January 19, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Moonbow that Appeared in the Southern Island, 2012
- January 15, 2016 | ALMA
- ALMA Reveals Planetary Construction Sites
- January 14, 2016 | ALMA
- Research Presentation by Graduate Students
- January 12, 2016 | Picture of the week
- Fireworks Exploding in the Night Sky
- January 8, 2016 | Astronomical Events Information
- Astronomical Information 2016 March
- January 8, 2016 | Subaru Telescope
- Fish-Eye Camera Captured Geminids over the Subaru Telescope
- January 5, 2016 | Picture of the week
- The Winter Sky Waxing late over the 50-cm Telescope for Public Outreach