Astronomers have uncovered a dramatic space event where a baby star’s own actions came back…
Browsing: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) is a pivotal institution in Japan’s astronomical research landscape, established in 1988. It operates under the umbrella of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences and serves as a center for astronomical science, promoting the development of space and ground-based projects. NAOJ manages several world-class facilities, including the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, which is one of the most powerful telescopes in the world, and the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) in Chile, in collaboration with international partners. The observatory is involved in a broad range of research areas, from the exploration of the solar system to the study of cosmological phenomena, and plays a crucial role in advancing our understanding of the universe.
A mysterious icy object discovered far beyond Pluto is rewriting what we thought we knew…
New observations show that planets forming in protoplanetary disks like that around PDS 70 can…
Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have identified previously unknown celestial bodies in the outer Solar…
Astronomers have observed a rare galaxy merger from 12.8 billion years ago, using the ALMA…
GALAXY CRUISE, with the help of 10,000 citizen astronomers, discovers that galaxies’ star formation rate…
Researchers confirm the spin of the M87 galaxy’s supermassive black hole by observing the wobble…
Astronomers have, for the first time, detected radio waves from a Type Ia supernova, uncovering…
Researchers from Kyoto University used both terrestrial and satellite observations to capture a superflare on…
Researchers have discovered a protostar enveloped by complex organic molecules in the outermost regions of…
ALMA observations of a distant star-forming region revealed that, contrary to expectations, gravity overwhelms the…
An international research team using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed the distribution of…
New research shows that sunspots and other active regions can change the overall solar emissions.…
Earth just got 7 km/s (~16,000 mph) faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the…
Astronomers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) to ultra-wide field-of-view images of the distant Universe captured…
Astronomers have detected a stealthy black hole from its effects on an interstellar gas cloud.…
At the end of its life, a red supergiant star explodes in a hydrogen-rich supernova.…
Using Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) mounted on the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have identified nearly 200 “protoclusters,”…