2017.03.27
9th SPSS Award Given to Joten Okamoto
The Society for Promotion of Space Science (SPSS) gave the 9th SPSS Award to Joten Okamoto, an NAOJ fellow who is engaged in research activities at the NAOJ C…
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2017.03.27
The Society for Promotion of Space Science (SPSS) gave the 9th SPSS Award to Joten Okamoto, an NAOJ fellow who is engaged in research activities at the NAOJ C…
2017.03.14
An annular solar eclipse took place in the morning of February 26 in Southern Chile. It was observed in Santiago from 9:20 am to 11:50 am as a partial solar e…
2017.02.27
From February 21 through 22, 2017, the Japan Radio Astronomy Forum (JRAF) Symposium FY2016 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. More than 80 participants atten…
2017.02.13
On January 26, NAOJ Chile Observatory staff members visited a summer camp held by Santiago Japanese School to give a lecture about the universe and astronomic…
2016.12.16
On November 17, the Management Agreement Concerning Operations of ALMA was signed by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the Associated Uni…
2016.12.13
In remembrance of the late professor Koh-ichiro Morita who loved playing the viola, a memorial concert will be held at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on January 6, 2017. …
2016.12.07
On Saturday, November 26, the 22nd ALMA public lecture titled “The Birth of Stars and Planets Explored by ALMA” was held by NAOJ at the Nagoya Cit…
2016.11.01
From October 21 through 22, Mitaka Open House Day was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The NAOJ Chile Observatory presented exhibitions of ALMA and ASTE telesc…
2016.10.26
NAOJ and the Department of Astronomical Science of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) hold annual summer student programs every August fo…
2016.10.14
A new high-definition camera has been installed at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), providing a 24/7 interactive view of the telescope&…
2016.09.26
Over 200 astronomers from all around the world have gathered in Indian Wells, California, U.S.A. to participate in the "Half a Decade of ALMA: Cosmic Dawn…
2016.09.15
An annual summer event, NAOJ Nobeyama Open Campus was held on August 27 this year. Despite the rainy weather, the exhibition area was filled with energy of mor…
2016.08.24
A record demand for observation time was requested by the international astronomy community in the call for proposals for ALMA Cycle 4, increasing in 50% the t…
2016.08.02
NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory newly established an exhibition room showing the projects of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences and its affiliated in…
2016.07.20
The Santiago Japanese School held its annual TANABATA lecture on July 7. This year’s lecture was given by Jin Koda, an associate professor at Stony Broo…
2016.06.13
On May 20, Norikazu Mizuno, an associate professor at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, gave a lecture at the Japanese School of Buenos Aires, Argentina. More than …
2016.06.02
From May 22 through 26, the NAOJ Chile observatory exhibited the ALMA booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016, which was held at the international ex…
2016.05.26
On May 17, 2016, the Japan-Chile Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Camara Chileno Japanesa de Comercio e Indusria A.G.) held its monthly meeting and invited N…
2016.05.09
Kyoko Onishi, a student at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) who conducts research at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, won the SOKENDAI Futur…
2016.05.02
A miniature model of the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) has been newly added to the exhibition at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The ALMA site in Chile is very far…
A team of international astronomers have embarked on an exciting new project to hunt for planets forming around young s…
Dr. Akimasa Kataoka at NAOJ received the Young Scientists’ Award, 2025 Commendation for Science and Technology by the M…
Takafumi Tsukui at the Australian National University (currently Tohoku University) received Inoue Research Award for Y…