2017

December 28, 2017 | Picture of the week: Completion of the nationwide open-use at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
December 28, 2017 | Astronomical Information: February, 2018
December 19, 2017 | Picture of the week: Leaves Start Changing Colors in Mitaka Campus
December 18, 2017 | Solar Science Observatory: Season's greetings
December 15, 2017 | Astronomical Information: 2018 Astronomical Events Information
December 13, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Employee on Annual Salary System) at Division of Radio Astronomy
December 12, 2017 | Picture of the week: Giant Impact of Protoplanets
December 7, 2017 | ALMA: Massive Primordial Galaxies Found Swimming in Vast Ocean of Dark Matter
December 5, 2017 | Picture of the week: Triplet baby stars born in a spiral
November 27, 2017 | ALMA: Alvaro Gonzalez Wins “IEEE RADIO 2017 Young Scientist Award”
November 24, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Specially Appointed Senior Specialist (Employee on Annual Salary System) at Subaru Telescope, NAOJ
November 21, 2017 | Picture of the week: Giant Gap in a Protoplanetary Disk
November 14, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Professor in Gravitational Wave Astronomy
November 7, 2017 | Picture of the week: Center of the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1097
November 6, 2017 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy: Discovery of a supernova beyond the standard explosion paradigm
October 31, 2017 | Picture of the week: Mutually Attracted Galaxies - Hickson Compact Group 40 -
October 27, 2017 | ALMA: Mitaka Open House Day 2017
October 24, 2017 | ALMA: Crescent and Perfect Rings Signal Formation of Planet
October 24, 2017 | Picture of the week: Solar Observations Begin Second Century
October 19, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA receives award for its contribution to the progress of Chile
October 17, 2017 | Picture of the week: Okayama 188-cm Reflector Telescope and its Dome
October 10, 2017 | Picture of the week: Measuring Latitude Changes - International Latitude Service and 39°8’ N Latitude Line -
October 4, 2017 | ALMA: Astronomers Discover Traces of Methyl Chloride around Infant Stars and Nearby Comet - Dashing Hopes Molecule Could Point to Life on Other Planets
October 3, 2017 | Picture of the week: Upside-down Orion Shining Over the ALMA Array
October 2, 2017 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy: The effect of collective neutrino oscillations on vp process nucleosynthesis
September 29, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Announcement – NAOJ Project Research Fellow 2018
September 28, 2017 | Gravitational Wave Project Office: First simultaneous observation of the merger of two black holes by the two LIGO detectors and by the Virgo detector: triangulation is now possible.
September 26, 2017 | Picture of the week: Vibration Isolation System of the Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope KAGRA
September 21, 2017 | ALMA: Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble
September 21, 2017 |Subaru Telescope: Effect of Mirror Hatch Incident on Open Use Observations of Subaru Telescope (Final Report)
September 19, 2017 | Picture of the week: Specialized Driver Training for ALMA Antenna Transporter
September 15, 2017 | Job Vacancies: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for a Support Astronomer at the East Asian ALMA Regional Center (EA-ARC)
September 15, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA traverses Chile with its science
September 12, 2017 | Picture of the week: Dynamics of Saturn’s Ring (II. Propeller Structure)
September 7, 2017 | ALMA: Nobeyama Open Campus 2017
September 5, 2017 | Job Vacancies: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) is inviting applications for a female assistant professorship.
September 5, 2017 | Picture of the week: Searching for “What is Essential” with the Subaru Telescope
September 4, 2017 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy: Efficiency of Metal Mixing in Dwarf Galaxies
August 31, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Finds Huge Hidden Reservoirs of Turbulent Gas in Distant Galaxies
August 31, 2017 | RISE: Moon’s tidal stress likely responsible for causing deep moonquakes, new study confirms
August 29, 2017 | Picture of the week: Hot and Cold Gases in Distant Galaxy Cluster
August 29, 2017 | ALMA: Summer Astronomy Program for Kids - Radio Astronomy Class
August 25, 2017 | Job Vacancies: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for a professor at the Advanced Technology Center (ATC)
August 25, 2017: Mitaka Open House Day 2017 website launched.
August 22, 2017 | Solar Science Observatory: The Great American Eclipse on 21 August 2017: public release of images and videos taken by the "Hinode" satellite; Observation of energy storage process in a flare-productive quadrupole region
August 22, 2017 | Picture of the week: “99 Percent Partial Eclipse on August 19, 1887 (Meiji Era 20)” (Celestial Curiosities Nishiki-e Collection)
August 22, 2017 | ALMA: Japanese Ambassador to Chile Yoshinobu Hiraishi Visits ALMA
August 17, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA is Almost Ready to Start Cycle 5 Observations
August 15, 2017 | ALMA: Professor Takaaki Kajita Visits ALMA
August 15, 2017 | Picture of the week: Solar Eclipse -- Crossroads in the sky
August 15, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Mechanical Technical Lead of ALMA Department of Engineering, Joint ALMA Observatory
August 8, 2017 | Picture of the week: Massive Galactic Wind Blown by the Coalesced Galaxy NGC 6240
August 7, 2017 | ALMA: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [8] Challenges in obtaining an image of a SMBH
August 7, 2017 | Job Vacancies: SUBARU FACILITY MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN – ID# 17296
August 2, 2017 | Nobeyama Radio Observatory: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan invites proposals for the Nobeyama 45-m telescope
August 1, 2017 | Picture of the week: Three Silhouettes Gazing at the Evening Sky
August 1, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Announcement – NAOJ Fellow 2018
July 31, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Confirms Complex Chemistry in Titan’s Atmosphere: Saturn’s Moon Offers Glimpse of Earth’s Primordial Past
July 25, 2017 | Picture of the week: Spiral Galaxy M63
July 21, 2017 | ALMA: TANABATA Lecture at Santiago Japanese School
July 18, 2017 | Picture of the week: Receiver Maintenance at ALMA Operations Support Facility
July 18, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Associate Professor, Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
July 13, 2017 |Subaru Telescope: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - SUBARU FACILITY MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN – ID# 17296 -
July 11, 2017 | Picture of the week: Saturn’s Rings Viewed in the Mid-infrared
July 11, 2017 |Subaru Telescope: Mid-Infrared Images from the Subaru Telescope Extend Juno Spacecraft Discoveries
July 10, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Selects New Director
July 10, 2017 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy: ALMA polarization observation of the protoplanetary disk around HL Tau
July 10, 2017 |Subaru Telescope: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT - ID# 17290 -
July 6, 2017 | ALMA: “Space Hamburger” with Complex Organic Molecules and Rotating Gas Jet
July 4, 2017 | Picture of the week: A Journey Through the Milky Way
July 4, 2017 | Solar Science Observatory,Hinode Science Center: The "Let's observe the Sun with Hinode 2017" campaign will be carried out from July 31 to Aug. 5 and from Aug.7 to Aug.12.
July 3, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Reveals Turbulent Birth of Twin Baby Stars
July 3, 2017 |Subaru Telescope: Mid-Infrared Images from the Subaru Telescope Extend Juno Spacecraft Discoveries; Subaru Telescope's Prime Focus Camera Suprime-Cam Takes Its Final Data
June 28, 2017 | ALMA: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [7] What is Sagittarius A*?
June 27, 2017 | 4D2U: A 4D2U Movie "A Journey Through the Milky Way" download page opened.
June 27, 2017 | Picture of the week: Looking into the Depths of the Universe with Two Telescopes
June 21, 2017 | ALMA: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [6] How to build an Earth-sized radio telescope
June 20, 2017 | Picture of the week: Active Galaxy NGC 4388
June 19, 2017 | Nobeyama Radio Observatory: Pre-announcement of Call for Proposals for the 2017-2018 Observing Season
June 16, 2017 | Solar Science Observatory,Solar C Project Office: Dr. Yukio Katsukawa has received the Young Scientist Award of NINS!
June 16, 2017 | Job Vacancies: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for an associate professor of the NAOJ Chile Observatory; The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for an Associate Professorship of the Solar Science Observatory
June 15, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars
June 15, 2017 | Astronomical Events Information: December, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
June 13, 2017 | Picture of the week: The Complete Image of Tairin-Suiyou-Kyugi
June 9, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Returns to Boomerang Nebula
June 9, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, TMT-J Project Office
June 6, 2017 | Picture of the week: Staring at the Universe with Giant Compound Eyes
June 1, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Booth at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2017; Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [4] - How do Radio Telescopes work?
May 30, 2017 | Picture of the week: Underground Instruments Waiting for Ripples in Space-Time
May 29, 2017 | Astronomical Events Information: October, 2017 Astronomical Events Information; November, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
May 29, 2017| Job Vacancies: SUBARU TELESCOPE/FACILITY MAINTENANCE ENGINEER - ID# 17217; SUBARU PRIME FOCUS SPECTROGRAPH/INSTRUMENTATION RESEARCH SPECIALIST - ID# 17218
May 25, 2017 | Job Vacancies: NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory Project Research Fellow 2017
May 23, 2017 | Picture of the week: Ancient Eye in the Night Sky
May 19, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Eyes Icy Ring around Young Planetary System
May 18, 2017 | Astronomical Events Information: August, 2017 Astronomical Events Information; September, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
May 18, 2017 | ALMA: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [4] - What’s so interesting about the event horizon?
May 16, 2017 | Picture of the week: The Shore of the Orion Nebula
May 12, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA website is renewal
May 9, 2017 | Picture of the week: Formation of Planetesimals
May 2, 2017 | Picture of the week: Antenna Maintenance at an Altitude of 5000 Meters
April 25, 2017 | ALMA: Over 1700 proposals received in the ALMA Cycle 5 call
April 25, 2017 | Picture of the week: Spiral Galaxy NGC 2403
April 20, 2017 | ALMA: The onset of an extra-solar system - feeding a baby star with a dusty hamburger
April 18, 2017 | Picture of the week: Eye Ball Appeared when Galaxies Passed Each Other
April 17, 2017: “Terms of Use of the Website of NAOJ” is updated. “Guide to Using NAOJ Website Copyrighted Materials” is added.
April 17, 2017 | ALMA: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole 2. What is a black hole?
April 13, 2017 | ALMA: Investigates 'DeeDee,' a Distant, Dim Member of Our Solar System; ACA Total Power Array Spectrometer PDR
April 11, 2017 | Picture of the week: In Full Bloom but Unknown
April 10, 2017| Job Vacancies: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) invites applications for a professor of the NAOJ Chile Observatory
April 10, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA Captures Explosive Star Birth
April 5, 2017 | ALMA: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole 1. What are the Event Horizon Telescope and the Global mm-VLBI Array?
April 4, 2017 | Picture of the week: Cherry Blossom Silhouette on the Gautier Meridian Circle Building
April 3, 2017 | Solar Science Observatory: New project: "Solar Science Observatory" started!
April 3, 2017 | Annual Report of the NAOJ: Annual Report of the NAOJ Volume 18 Fiscal 2015
April 3, 2017 | Astronomical Events Information: July, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
April 3, 2017 | ALMA: Attempting the Impossible: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole
March 28, 2017 | Picture of the week: Eleventh Eye
March 21, 2017 | Picture of the week: Sunspot Seen with Millimeter Wave, Calcium Line, and Visible Light
March 21, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA's ability to see a "Cosmic Hole" confirmed
March 14, 2017 | ALMA: Solar Eclipse Observation at the Residence of the NAOJ Chile Observatory Director
March 14, 2017 | Picture of the week: Diurnal Motion of the Northern Sky at 39°8’ N
March 13, 2017| Job Vacancies: NAOJ/NAOJ Chile Observatory Project Research Fellow
March 9, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Specially Appointed Associate Professor or Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, NAOJ Chile Observatory
March 8, 2017 | HINODE: The project team of CLASP has won the NAOJ Director General Prize!
March 7, 2017 | Picture of the week: Spiral Galaxy M33
March 6, 2017 | HINODE: A new site, "Hinode Unveils the Mysteries of the Sun", has been released
March 6, 2017 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy: An Elegant Solution of the Big-Bang Lithium Problem?
February 28, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Assistant Professor in Gravitational Wave Research, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
February 28, 2017 | Picture of the week: ALMA Array Operations Site in the Moonlight
February 27, 2017 | ALMA: 2016 Japan Radio Astronomy Forum Symposium
February 21, 2017 | Picture of the week: Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 188-cm Reflector Telescope
February 21, 2017 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy: Early evolutionary histories of galaxies deduced from r-process elements
February 17, 2017 | Gravitational Wave Project Office: Two members of the project office are among the recipients of the 2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize
February 16, 2017 | Subaru Telescope: Subaru Telescope Astronomer Catches the Large Magellanic Cloud with a DSLR Camera
February 15, 2017 | ALMA: Black-Hole-Powered Jets Forge Fuel for Star Formation
February 14, 2017 | Picture of the week: VERA Mizusawa Station and 10-m Radio Telescopes Look Up at the Constellation Orion
February 14, 2017 | ALMA: Summer Camp at Santiago Japanese School
February 10, 2017 | Subaru Telescope: S17B Call for Proposals
February 9, 2017 | Astronomical Events Information: June, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
February 7, 2017 | Job Vacancies: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - SUBARU SUPPORT ASTRONOMER - ID# 17077 -
February 7, 2017 | Picture of the week: Profile of an Antenna Staring at the Universe
February 7, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Assistant Professor, Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
February 6, 2017 | Astronomical Events Information: May, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
February 3, 2017 | Job Vacancies: NAOJ/RISE Project Project Research Fellow 2017
February 3, 2017 | Division of Theoretical Astronomy: Mystery of Nucleosyntheis in Type Ia Supernova: Challenge from Precise Nuclear Physics
February 3, 2017 | Subaru Telescope: JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - SUBARU TELESCOPE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR – ID# 17057 -
February 2, 2017 | Subaru Telescope: Dedicated Planet Imager Opens Its Eyes To Other Worlds
January 31, 2017 | Picture of the week: Observatory History Museum in Winter Night
January 27, 2017 | Subaru Telescope: Minister Matsuno Visits Subaru Telescope
January 24, 2017 | Picture of the week: Purple Sky Promises Good Observations
January 23, 2017 | Astronomical Events Information: April, 2017 Astronomical Events Information
January 18, 2017 | ALMA: ALMA starts Observing the Sun
January 17, 2017 | Picture of the week: NAOJ Solar Tower Telescope Movie
January 16, 2017 | Job Vacancies: Head of the Data Management Group, Joint ALMA Observatory
January 11, 2017 | Job Vacancies: ALMA Director
January 10, 2017 | RISE: Hayabusa2/LIDAR Laser Link Experiment Helps Calibrate Spacecraft
January 10, 2017 | Picture of the week: Sombrero Galaxy M104