2015.12.25
New Video Released "ALMA Receiver Development -Receiver Manufacturing-"
A new video on the ALMA development was released. This new version features the receiver which is a component to receive radio waves from target objects inside…
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2015.12.18
ALMA Trilateral Agreement Signing Ceremony
On December 15, 2015, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan (NINS), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Science Foundation…
2015.12.07
Radio Shadow Reveals Tenuous Cosmic Gas Cloud
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered the most tenuous molecular gas ever observed. They detected the abs…
2015.12.05
ALMA Spots Monstrous Baby Galaxies Cradled in Dark Matter
Astronomers discovered a nest of monstrous baby galaxies 11.5 billion light-years away using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The you…
2015.11.27
Cool, Dim Dwarf Star is Magnetic Powerhouse
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered that a dim, cool dwarf star is generating a surprisingly powerful mag…
2015.11.24
ALMA Links with Other Observatories to Create Earth-size Telescope
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) continues to expand its power and capabilities by linking with other millimeter-wavelength telescopes i…
2015.11.12
Mitaka Open House Day 2015
On October 23 and 24, Mitaka Open House Day was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The NAOJ Chile Observatory gave presentations of ALMA, including mini-lectures…
2015.11.06
NAOJ-ALMA All Hands Meeting
On October 16, NAOJ-ALMA All hands Meeting was held with the participation of all staff engaged in NAOJ ALMA Project. The attendees include the staff of the N…
2015.11.05
Protostar Growth Spurts
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered an adolescent protostar that is undergoing a rapid-fire succession of…
2015.10.29
JAO Tour for Santiago Japanese School
On October 14, the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) welcomed 28 students from the 3rd to 9th grades of the Santiago Japanese School for their workplace study tour…
2015.10.15
ALMA telescope unveils rapid formation of new stars in distant galaxies
Galaxies forming stars at extreme rates nine billion years ago were more efficient than average galaxies today, researchers find. The majority of galaxies h…
2015.09.29
Surprising Chemistry Found in Molecular Rings around Young Star
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered two spectacular rings of molecules encircling the young, Sun-like sta…
2015.09.24
Swordsmen in Atacama 2015
There are a wide variety of staff members working at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), including astronomers to support observations, engineers to c…
2015.09.14
Astronomers Discover How Lowly Dwarf Galaxy Becomes Star-Forming Powerhouse
A nearby dwarf galaxy poses an intriguing mystery: How is it able to form brilliant star clusters without the dusty, gas-rich environments found in larger gala…
2015.09.07
Nobeyama Open Campus 2015
On August 22, Nobeyama Open Campus 2015 was held at NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO). NAOJ Chile Observatory presented exhibitions showing the progress o…
2015.08.26
New projects selected for the ALMA Cycle 3 Early Science Observations
The scientific assessment of the 1578 science proposals submitted for ALMA Early Science Cycle 3 has been completed. The Proposal Review meeting -chaired by An…
2015.08.10
ALMA Agreement Signed by NAOJ and ASIAA
On July 27, 2015, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) in Taiwan signe…
2015.07.30
ALMA Witnesses Assembly of Galaxies in the Early Universe for the First Time
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to detect the most distant clouds of star-forming gas yet found in normal galaxies in the…
2015.07.22
Artistic Apparition at ALMA
Observatory hosts monumental golf ball installation
The ALMA Observatory recently received its first art exhibit: a golf ball of enormous proportions, displayed alongside the antennas at an altitude of 5000 metr…
2015.07.13
TANABATA Lecture at Santiago Japanese School
After some rainy days over the weekend, Santiago had a nice and sunny weather on July 7, which is a day of a Japanese star festival called TANABATA to celebrat…
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Professor Fukagawa Named to Forbes JAPAN’s "Women in Tech 30" 2024
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In the November 2024 issue of Forbes JAPAN, Professor Misato Fukagawa, who serves as the East Asia Operations Manager o…
