The research team led by Satoru Iguchi, Associate Professor of NAOJ, succeeded in observing a very close binary black hole in the center of 3C66B (a giant elliptical galaxy within the cluster A347) just before its black hole merger.
It was estimated that these two black holes could be merged in approximately 500 years. The observation was conducted with
In April 2025, the ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array (*) designed and deve…
A research team led by Ayumu Shoshi of Kyushu University and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysic…
On March 21, 2025, NAOJ participated in the public event "Open Day 2025" held at the Joint ALMA Observatory in Santiago…
