2014.06.16
Final ALMA Antenna Arrives on the Chajnantor Plateau
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…
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2014.06.12
Gigantic Explosion Buried in Dust: ALMA Probes Environment around Gamma Ray Bursts
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
Google conducts virtual tour of ALMA
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
Outcome of the Proposal Review Process, Cycle 2
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
ALMA Antenna Mount Manufacturing Film Released
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…
2014.03.19
Data Analysis Pipeline Development Meeting
From March 10 through 14, an international meeting on the development of the data analysis pipeline for the ALMA Telescope was held at the ALMA Building in NAO…
2014.03.10
Crashing Comets Explain Surprise Gas Around Young Star—ALMA reveals an enigmatic gas clump in debris disk around Beta Pictoris
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in northern Chile have today announced the discovery of an unexpected clump…
2014.03.03
All NAOJ ALMA Receivers Shipped Out
On February 18, the NAOJ Advanced Technology Center shipped out the last seven ALMA Band 10 receivers to Chile. This marks the completion of delivery of a tota…
2014.02.13
Commentary on the press release "A Drastic Chemical Change Occurring in Birth of Planetary System: Has the Solar System also Experienced it?"
Written by Masaaki Hiramatsu, the Education and Public Outreach Officer at NAOJ Chile Observatory Stars are formed by the contraction of interstellar gas an…
2014.02.13
A Drastic Chemical Change Occurring in Birth of Planetary System: Has the Solar System also Experienced it?
A star is formed by gravitational contraction of interstellar gas (mostly H2) and dust. Even after the birth of a protostar (a baby star), the gas and dust …
2014.02.03
Star Watching Party at Santiago Japanese School
On January 23, the Santiago Japanese School (with 35 students) held a two-day summer camp in Santiago, Chile. About 20 students in the first to fourth grades s…
2014.01.17
ALMA Discovers a Formation Site of a Giant Planetary System
Abstract A team of Japanese astronomers has obtained a firm evidence of formation of a giant planetary system around a young star by the observations with th…
2014.01.10
Youngest protoplanetary disk discovered with ALMA
Planets form in disks around their host protostar, but when and how disks form is still an unanswered question. ALMA observations by a team of astronomers led …
2014.01.07
Panoramic View of ALMA Telescope
Standing on the ALMA high site, we are overwhelmed by a vast expanse of the plateau of the Atacama Desert. Some people have impressions as if they are on Mars …
2014.01.07
ALMA Spots Supernova Dust Factory
Striking new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope capture, for the first time, the remains of a recent supernova…
2013.12.27
Completion of the ALMA Receiver Development
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) achieved a major milestone in the construction of ALMA. In December 2013, NAOJ successfully completed the dev…
2013.12.19
Good Design Special Award Ceremony 2013
The Good Design Special Award Ceremony 2013 was held by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) at The Ritz Carlton, Tokyo. Tetsuo Hasegawa, Director of …
2013.12.18
ALMA Cycle 2 call for proposals attracts record number of applications
The ALMA Observatory’s Early Science Cycle 2 has attracted 1,382 proposals for observation time submitted by the international scientific community durin…
2013.12.04
Venus and Antennas at OSF
Venus (known as “the evening star”) is shining brightly in the dusk at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF at 2900 meters altitude) with litt…
2013.11.26
Comet ISON Captured at ALMA OSF
Comet ISON approaching the sun was captured at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF at 2900 m above sea level). The photo taken by a digital single-lens r…
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