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2007.05.08
ALMA Science Advisory Committee
From May 7 through 8, the ALMA Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) was held at the University of Tokyo, and attended by 10 Japanese representatives includin…
2007.04.26
Astro-Karuta
“Astro-Karuta (Karuta is a Japanese card game)” is one of the educational materials prepared by a project team “Astronomy and Planetariu…
2007.04.21
Astronomy Pub
On April 21, Mitaka Network University held a popular event called “Astronomy Pub” in the aim of promoting communication between citizens and resea…
2007.04.13
3rd Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Workshop
The 3rd Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Workshop was held at National Central University in Taiwan with participation of 93 people, mainly researchers from East Asia…
2007.04.12
ALMA Science Working Group
Before the 3rd Japan-China ALMA Science Workshop scheduled for April 13 and 14, ISM (Interstellar matter) sub-working group and Extragalactic sub-working …
2007.03.30
Biannual Meeting of ASJ (Spring 2007)
On the final day of the Astronomical Society of Japan meeting, a report related to ALMA was given in the session on the ground-based instruments. The pict…
2007.03.29
ALMA Special Session
The Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ) held its 2007 Spring Meeting at Tokai University, Hiratsuka Campus from March 28 through 30. In the afternoon of the fi…
2007.03.28
Laboratory Tour at NAOJ
Laboratory tour to show the progress of the development in Japan was conducted inviting three ALMA management executives who were visiting Japan for the ALMA B…
2007.03.26
ALMA Board
On March 26 and 27, the ALMA Board Meeting was held at the National Institute of Informatics in Hitotsubashi, Tokyo. From Japan, Shoken Miyama (Director Genera…
2007.03.24
Science Cafe "Let's talk with an Astronomer!"
The Tsukuba Expo Center in Ibaraki Prefecture held an event titled “Science Cafe” to promote the lively exchange between astronomers and the public…
2007.03.22
Weeping cherry tree is about to bloom
The warm spring has come to our NAOJ Mitaka Campus and the weeping cherry trees in the campus will soon be in full bloom. The picture shows a weeping cherry tr…
2007.03.20
Great Distance to Saturn
TV crew of NHK and a popular TV personality Megumi Yasu visited NAOJ Mitaka Campus for the shooting of a TV program featuring Saturn. For this program, a speci…
2007.03.16
North Building of the Mitaka Campus completed
The antiseismic reinforcement of the North Building in NAOJ Mitaka Campus has completed. During the construction, some members of the ALMA-J Project Office had…
2007.03.15
Star Formation sub-WG of the ALMA Science WG
Prior to the 5th ALMA Science Working Group Meeting scheduled for April 13 and 14 in Taiwan, Star Formation Sub-Working Group held a meeting in NAOJ Mitaka cam…
2007.03.14
End mill the size of a hair
In a factory in Fukushima Prefecture, high-precision microfabrication of waveguide components for ALMA Band 4 and Band 10 are being conducted. The picture…
2007.03.10
Topping-Out Ceremony of the OSF Technical Building
The topping-out ceremony of the OSF Technical Building was held in Chile, and attended by about 100 ALMA project members and 150 local people concerned. From J…
2007.03.04
Open Lecture by the Surface Science Society of Japan, Osaka Branch
On March 4, the Surface Science Society of Japan, Osaka Branch held its 8th open lecture titled “Attractiveness of Handmade Space Science” at the O…
2007.03.03
15th ALMA Public Lecture
On March 3, the 15th ALMA Public Lecture titled “From Black Hole to the Mysteries of Planets – Shape of the Space Explored by ALMA” was held …
2007.02.19
Image of a radio telescope captured by another radio telescope
The scanning radiometer (small radio telescope), which has been developed mainly by the University of Tokyo for the purpose of measuring the spatial distributi…
NEW ARTICLES
Researchers find dark matter dominating in early universe galaxies
This article is based on the press release issued by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Univers…
Magnetic Field in Planet Formation has been Successfully Observed
Based on ALMA multi-band observations of dust polarization, the magnetic field structure in a protoplanetary disk has b…
Unveiling the properties of a primeval galaxy from 13.4 billion years ago
An international team led by researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan succesfully detected the e…
