2015.01.16
Comet Lovejoy Photographed at ALMA OSF
Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) is now seen in the night sky. The comet, which was discovered in August 2014 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, is reach…
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2014.12.24
Antenna dance at ALMA
All of the movements of ALMA’s antennas since September 2009 — when the first one arrived at Chajnantor, at an altitude of 5,000 meters in Chile…
2014.12.15
ALMA detects Pluto-Size Objects Kicking-up Dust around Sun-Like Star
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) may have detected the dusty hallmarks of an entire family of Pluto-size objects swarm…
2014.12.12
Astronomers from around the world meet to share remarkable results from ALMA observations
Astronomers from around the world met in Japan to discuss the exciting scientific results from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio te…
2014.12.04
Astronomers Identify Gas Spirals as a Nursery of Twin Stars through ALMA Observation
Overview With the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observation, astronomers led by Shigehisa Takakuwa, Associate Research Fellow at the In…
2014.11.27
Seeing into the Heart of Mira A and its Partner
Studying red giant stars tells astronomers about the future of the Sun — and about how previous generations of stars spread the elements needed for life …
2014.11.14
ALMA/ASTE/Mopra Users' Meeting
From October 27 through 29, ALMA/ASTE/Mopra Users’ Meeting was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus for three telescopes operated by the NAOJ Chile Observatory…
2014.11.06
Revolutionary ALMA Image Reveals Planetary Genesis
Overview Astronomers’ dream has just come true. The new image from ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, reveals extraordinarily fine…
2014.10.30
Planet-forming Lifeline Discovered in a Binary Star System — ALMA Examines Ezekiel-like "Wheel in a Wheel" of Dust and Gas
For the first time, researchers using ALMA have detected a streamer of gas flowing from a massive outer disc toward the inner reaches of a binary star system. …
2014.10.29
Mitaka Open House Day 2014
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
Organic Molecules in Titan's Atmosphere Reside in Intriguingly Skewed Concentrations
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
ALMA Finds that Organic Molecules are Branching Out
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
ALMA Extends Its Arms
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
Creating Pancakes using Galaxy Collisions—Violent Origins of Disk Galaxies Probed by Radio Telescopes
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
ALMA Achieves New High Frequency Observing Capabilities: Shows Planet Uranus in New Light
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
Best View Yet of Merging Galaxies in Distant Universe
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
NINS and KASI Sign Agreement on ALMA
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
ALMA Confirms Comets Forge Organic Molecules in Their Dusty Atmospheres
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
ALMA Pinpoints Pluto to Help Guide NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft
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
ALMA Finds Double Star with Weird and Wild Planet-forming Disks
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found wildly misaligned planet-forming gas disks around the two young stars in t…
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