2014.10.29

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On October 25, NAOJ Open House Day 2014 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. Under the clear autumn sky, the event attracted more than 4000 people. The ALMA boo…

2014.10.24

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While studying the atmosphere on Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists discovered intriguing zones of organic molecules unexpectedly tilted away from its north…

2014.09.29

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Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have teased out the faint signal of a new organic molecule lurking in interstellar sp…

2014.09.24

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully tested an antenna in the most extended configuration of the array yet, producing the l…

2014.09.17

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Overview Observations of colliding galaxies using ALMA and other radio telescopes have revealed that collisions between galaxies are likely to result in a ga…

2014.09.11

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached a major milestone by extending its vision fully into the realm of the submillimeter, the wa…

2014.09.10

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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and many other telescopes on the ground and in space, an international team of astronomers has o…

2014.08.20

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On August 17, 2014, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) and Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) signed an agreement concerning th…

2014.08.12

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An international team of scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has made incredible 3D images of the ghostly atmospheres surr…

2014.08.06

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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are making high-precision measurements of Pluto’s location and orbit around the…

2014.07.31

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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found wildly misaligned planet-forming gas disks around the two young stars in t…

2014.07.24

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On June 17 and 18, the ASTE/ALMA Development Workshop 2014 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. A total of 62 researchers from 6 nations/regions attended the wo…

2014.07.15

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On July 7, the Santiago Japanese School (with 44 students) held an annual lecture to celebrate TANABATA Festival, a Japanese star festival originating from the…

2014.07.03

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Overview Dynamical interaction of star-forming gas was found in a star-forming region by observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (…

2014.06.20

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From May 7 through 16, the East Asia ALMA Regional Center (EA ARC) held a preparatory meeting for ALMA Early Science Observations Cycle 2, which started from J…

2014.06.16

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The final antenna for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project has been taken up to the high-level site at the ALMA Observatory, 5.000 m…

2014.06.12

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Abstract For the first time, a group of Japanese researchers detected radio emission from molecular gas in galaxies hosting gamma ray bursts (GRBs), the brig…

2014.06.11

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The largest astronomical observatory in the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has been included in the spectacular 360° panor…

2014.05.07

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The scientific assessment of the 1381 science proposals submitted for ALMA Early Science Cycle 2 has been completed. Seventy-eight science assessors from all o…

2014.04.11

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We are pleased to announce the release of a new film documenting the manufacturing process of the Japanese ALMA antenna. This film shows how the telescope moun…