National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

2025

November 17, 2025 | Annual Report of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
The 2024 Annual Report is now available.
November 13, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Akamai Internship Program Now Accepting Applications for 2026 Cohort
November 12, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Associate Professor or Professor, Advanced Technology Center (ATC)” is now available.
November 10, 2025 | ALMA
NAOJ and KASI Sign ALMA Collaboration MoU Amendment
November 4, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Professor at ALMA Project” is now available.
November 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
Missions at the Journey’s End: Recent Progress of Scientific Analysis
October 31, 2025 | Job Vacancies
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 | Subaru Telescope
Innovative Tech Applied to the Subaru Telescope Opens a Sharper View into the Universe
October 20, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Discovery of a Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Red Dwarf through the Synergy of Ground- and Space-Based Observatories
October 20, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “JAO Staff (Head of the ALMA Department of Engineering (Head of ADE))” is now available.
October 16, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Kea`au High School Seniors Experience Summit of Opportunity on Maunakea
October 10, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “NAOJ Project Researcher at JASMINE Project (Stationed at University of Tokyo)” is now available.
October 9, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and will close once the position is filled.” is now available.
October 6, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Project Researcher at RISE Project” is now available.
October 3, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “2026 NAOJ Project Research Fellow (General) ” is now available.
October 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
Elementary School Student Completes Science Project using GALAXY CRUISE
September 25, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
A Review of the Subaru Telescope 25th Anniversary Projects in 2024
September 25, 2025 | ALMA
Winding Motion of Planet-Forming Spirals Captured on Video for the First Time
September 17, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Supermassive Black Holes Shine in the Most Distant "Dying" Massive GalaxiesーNew Evidence for Rapid Co-evolutionー
September 10, 2025 | Solar Science Observatory
The 0.5-meter Solar Optical Telescope aboard "Hinode" has been registered as "Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology"
September 9, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Subaru Telescope Registered as "Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology"
September 8, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Supermassive Black Holes Shrouded by Dust in Early Universe
September 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
EMU, the World’s Largest Catalog of Radio Galaxies appears in Citizen Astronomy!
August 29, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Project Assistant Professor at Okayama Branch, Subaru Telescope” is now available.
August 20, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Project Researcher (Project Research Fellow) at ALMA Project” is now available.
August 17, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Celebrate Culture, Science, and the Stars at the Tanabata Block Party 2025 in Hilo
August 8, 2025 | ALMA
The Universe’s Secret Harvest: ALMA Sheds Light on “the Cosmic Grapes”
August 5, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Project Research Fellow (Star and Planet Formation), Division of Science” is now available.
August 4, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Subaru Telescope Joins the First Ka`u Career Day
August 5, 2025 | ALMA
Discovery of Protoplanetary Disk Caught in Explosion Driven by Stellar Jet
August 1, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Project Assistant Professor (Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology), Division of Science” is now available.
August 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launched – The Gene of Wide-Field Observation that was inherited from Subaru
July 7, 2025 | Job Vacancies
Recruitment information for “Professor or Executive Engineer at ALMA Project ” is now available.
July 15, 2025 | Center for Computational Astrophysics
Subaru Telescope Discovers "Fossil" of the Early Solar System
July 14, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Subaru Telescope Discovers "Fossil" of the Early Solar System
July 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
Subaru Telescope 25th Anniversary Image Collection and GALAXY CRUISE
June 26, 2025 | ALMA
Development of Total Power GPU Spectrometer was approved by ALMA Board
June 24, 2025 | ALMA
New Super-resolution Imaging Reveals the First Step of Planet Formation after Star Birth
June 23, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
NAOJ Researchers Contribute to the Launch of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
June 16, 2025 | VERA
“What If a Secondary Black Hole Exists in M87? − New Possibilities Illuminated by NANOGrav Low−Frequency Gravitational Wave Observations”
June 3, 2025 | ALMA
Joint ALMA Observatory Open Day 2025
June 3, 2025 | 4D2U
Star Cluster Formation from Molecular Clouds (ver.2)
June 3, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
The Giant Supermassive Black Hole Cluster Discovered in the Distant Universe: New Puzzles in the Cosmic Matter Distribution
June 3, 2025 | Division of Science
Cosmic Himalayas Quasar Cluster Defies Explanation
June 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
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
ALMA Booth at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025
May 22, 2025 | ALMA
A Fierce Storm in a Giant Barred Spiral Galaxy 11 Billion Years Ago
May 7, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Assessment of Peeling Paint on the Dome Exterior
May 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
Bon Voyage! Sailing the “OCEAN”: A New Spin-off Project from GALAXY CRUISE
April 30, 2025 | ALMA
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 | Subaru Telescope
COIAS Achieves the First Comet Discovery and Names Three Asteroids!
April 20, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
A Hidden Cosmic Collision: Astronomers Uncover the Missing Merger Companion and Dark Matter Bridge in the Perseus Cluster
April 17, 2025 | 4D2U
Star Cluster Formation from Molecular Clouds
April 17, 2025 | ALMA
Akimasa Kataoka Received the Young Scientists’ Award by MEXT
April 16, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Graduate Students Conduct Observational Training Using the Subaru Telescope
April 15, 2025 | ALMA
Takafumi Tsukui Received Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
April 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
A Spring Haze Crossing the Galaxy
March 31, 2025 | ALMA
ACA Total Power Array Spectrometer Development Team Receives NAOJ Director General’s Award
March 23, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
Total Lunar Eclipse Observed on Maunakea
March 10, 2025 | Subaru Telescope
100 Years of the Planetarium × 25 Years of the Subaru Telescope: Online Event across Japan
March 10, 2025 | ALMA
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 | GALAXY CRUISE
How Do We Make Color Images of Galaxies?
February 12, 2025 | ALMA
Researchers find dark matter dominating in early universe galaxies
February 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
Doing Research Abroad
January 10, 2025 | ALMA
Unveiling the properties of a primeval galaxy from 13.4 billion years ago
January 9, 2025 | VERA
Radio Emission from a Supernova Observed with Japanese and Korean Telescopes
January 7, 2025 | ALMA
Yuhito Shibaike Speaks on the Frontiers of Planet Formation Research – Commemorating 160th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Switzerland
January 1, 2025 | GALAXY CRUISE
Scientific Aspects of the Violent Universe Workshop