2013.10.21
Mitaka Open House Day 2013
On October 18 and 19, the NAOJ Open House Day 2013 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. This year’s event featured the ALMA Telescope, which started full …
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2013.10.16
ALMA Probes Mysteries of Jets from Giant Black Holes
Two international teams of astronomers have used the power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to focus on jets from the huge black hole…
2013.10.09
ALMA Booth at ASJ Fall Meeting 2013
From September 10 through 12, the Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ) held its annual fall meeting at Tohoku University (Kawauchi campus). The East Asian ALMA …
2013.10.04
ALMA Discovers Large "Hot" Cocoon around a Small Baby Star
A large hot molecular cloud around a very young star was discovered by ALMA. This hot cloud is about ten times larger than those found around typical solar-m…
2013.10.03
Final Antenna Delivered to ALMA
The final antenna for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project has just been handed over to the ALMA Observatory. The 12-meter-diameter …
2013.10.01
ALMA Morita Array Selected for "2013 Good Design BEST 100"
On October 1, the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) announced that the Morita Array, a telescope array developed by Japan for ALMA, was selected for &#…
2013.09.17
CONICYT Visits NAOJ Mitaka
On September 5, President of CONICYT (Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica de Chile: National Commission for Scient…
2013.09.09
ALMA resumes operations after end of workers' strike
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is pleased to announce that the process to restore full operational conditions will start on Monday Sep…
2013.09.02
The world's first interferometric image at 500 GHz with ALMA Band 8 receivers
ALMA opens another window to the universe in the 500 GHz frequency band. Astronomers successfully synthesized the distribution of atomic carbon around a planet…
2013.08.26
Nobeyama Open Campus 2013
On August 24, Nobeyama Open Campus 2013 was held at the NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO) in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Although bad weather was expected fr…
2013.08.21
ALMA Takes Close Look at Drama of Starbirth
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have obtained a vivid close-up view of material streaming away from a new-born star. …
2013.08.02
Asteroid Named After Late Professor Koh-Ichiro Morita
On July 22, the IAU Minor Planet Center announced that the asteroid 1995 WG5 was named “Kohichiro” in honor of the late Koh-Ichiro Morita, a profes…
2013.07.25
Starburst to Star Bust: Astronomers ID suspect behind dearth of high-mass galaxies
The cosmic fireworks that characterize a starburst galaxy can abruptly fizzle out after only a relatively brief period of star formation, and astronomers want …
2013.07.19
East Asia ALMA Development Workshop
From July 8 to 9, East Asia ALMA held a two-day workshop titled “EA ALMA Development Workshop” at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. The workshop was attended…
2013.07.19
Snow Falling around Infant Solar System: Icy region gives planet and comet formation a boost
The sight of a snowfall can thrill children, but the first-ever snow line seen around a distant star gives astronomers an even greater thrill because of what i…
2013.07.09
TANABATA Lecture at Santiago Japanese School
On July 4, the Santiago Japanese School (with 35 students) held a lecture to celebrate TANABATA Festival, a Japanese star festival originating from the Chinese…
2013.06.27
Successful ALMA First Radio Imaging with Japanese Band 4 Receiver
ALMA telescope successfully captured its first radio image with Band 4 receiver developed by Japan in an ALMA test observation conducted in January 2013. The t…
2013.06.19
"Bienvenido a ALMA!" 16th Article Released
We released a new article of Bienvenido a ALMA, a column series featuring different NAOJ ALMA staff members each time. “Bienvenido a ALMA!” 16. &#…
2013.06.07
ALMA Discovers Comet Factory
--- New observations of a "dust trap" around a young star solve long-standing planet formation mystery
Astronomers using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have imaged a region around a young star where dust particles can grow by clump…
2013.05.31
"Population Census" of Galaxies Buried in Dust
A research team led by Bunyo Hatsukade, a postdoc researcher, and Kouji Ohta, a professor, both from the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, reveal…
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2024 10.8
Space oddity: Most distant rotating disc galaxy found
This article is a revised version. Please check the original press release by the European South Observatory here. This…
2024 10.4
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…
2024 10.3
ALMA Detects Hallmark “Wiggle” of Gravitational Instability in Planet-Forming Disk
This article is based on the press release issued by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory on September 4, 2024. Ple…
