2016.10.27
Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples
For the first time, astronomers have seen a dusty disk of material around a young star fragmenting into a multiple-star system. Scientists had suspected such a…
ALMA Discoveries
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2016.10.13
Dense molecular gas disks drive the growth of supermassive black holes—Are supernova explosions the key?
A joint team of University of Tokyo researchers and their collaborators, using ALMA and other telescopes that utilize radio waves for space observation, reve…
2016.09.30
Spiral Arms Embrace Young Star
Swirling around the young star Elias 2-27, astronomers discovered a stunning spiral-shape pinwheel of dust. This striking feature, seen with the Atacama Large …
2016.09.29
Discovery of an Extragalactic Hot Molecular Core
Astronomers have discovered a ‘hot molecular core’, a cocoon of molecules surrounding a newborn massive star, for the first time outside our Gala…
2016.09.27
ALMA Explores the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Uncovers Insights into 'Golden Age' of Galaxy Formation
This release was modified on 15 November 2016 to correct several errors and misleading phrases. In particular the release in places gave the impression that s…
2016.09.14
ALMA Spots Possible Formation Site of Icy Giant Planet
Astronomers found signs of a growing planet around TW Hydra, a nearby young star, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Based on the…
2016.08.31
Record-breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered
A new record for the most distant galaxy cluster has been set using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, including the Atacama Large Mi…
2016.08.17
ALMA Explores Orion's Turbulent Border
These images show the edge of the vast molecular cloud that lies behind the Orion Nebula, 1400 light-years from Earth. The image of the left shows a wide-field…
2016.07.19
ALMA Achieved Highest Sensitivity Polarimetry in Millimeter Wavelength
Researchers have demonstrated ALMA’s unprecedented capability for polarimetry in millimeter wavebands. Polarimetry is an important method to investigate …
2016.07.14
ALMA Observes First Protoplanetary Water Snow Line Thanks to Stellar Outburst
New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have produced the first image of a water snow line within a protoplanetary disk. …
2016.06.28
Rotating Ring of Complex Organic Molecules Discovered around Newborn Star: Chemical Diversity in Planet Forming Regions Unveiled
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a rotating ring containing large organic molecules around a protosta…
2016.06.17
ALMA Detected the Most Distant Oxygen
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) detected a clear signal from oxygen in a galaxy located 13.1 billion light-years aw…
2016.06.15
First Detection of Methyl Alcohol in a Planet-forming Disc
The organic molecule methyl alcohol (methanol) has been found by the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc. …
2016.06.09
Black Hole Deluged by Cold Intergalactic 'Rain'
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has witnessed a never-before-seen cosmic weather event&mdash…
2016.05.25
Footprints of Baby Planets in a Gas Disk
A new analysis of the ALMA data for a young star HL Tauri provides yet more firm evidence of baby planets around the star. Researchers uncovered two gaps in…
2016.05.20
Cometary Belt around Distant Multi-Planet System Hints at Hidden or Wandering Planets
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the first high-resolution image of the cometary belt (a region analogous t…
2016.04.14
Dwarf Dark Galaxy Hidden in ALMA Gravitational Lens Image
Subtle distortions hidden in ALMA’s stunning image of the gravitational lens SDP.81 are telltale signs that a dwarf dark galaxy is lurking in the halo o…
2016.03.31
Planet Formation in Earth-like Orbit around a Young Star
ALMA’s Best Image Yet of a Protoplanetary Disk The disks of dust and gas that surround young stars are the formation sites of planets. New images from…
2016.03.10
Mysterious Infrared Light from Space Resolved Perfectly
A research team using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has detected the faintest millimeter-wave source ever observed. By accumulatin…
2016.03.03
ALMA Spots Baby Star's Growing Blanket
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the first direct observations delineating the gas disk around a baby sta…
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2026 7.14
ALMA Band 8 Receiver Upgrade Successfully Passed the Preliminary Design Review
The preliminary design review of “Band 8v2,” a development project to upgrade the Band 8 receiver, one of the ten recei…
2026 7.9
Can Organic Molecules Survive a Supernova Explosion? —First Detection of Hot Cores in a Supernova Remnant—
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have discovered a stellar cradle of warm mol…
2026 6.17
Toward a New Era of Astronomy: A New Step in Multi-Messenger Astronomy at Cosmological Distances - Gravitational Lensing Reveals a Connection Between Intense Star Formation 11 Billion Years Ago and High-Energy Neutrinos -
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