2013.03.12
Live Streaming of ALMA Inauguration
On 13 March 2013 the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) -the largest ground-based astronomical project in the world- will be inaugurated, mark…
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2013.02.16
ALMA Development Planning Meeting & ASAC
From February 14 through 16, two ALMA meetings were held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. At the ALMA Development Planning Meeting on the first day, the participants…
2013.01.04
ALMA Sheds Light on Planet-Forming Gas Streams
- Tantalising signs of flows feeding gas-guzzling giant planets
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have seen a key stage in the birth of giant planets for the first time. V…
2012.12.25
Supercomputer Ready to make ALMA a Powerful Telescope
One of the most powerful supercomputers in the world has now been fully installed and tested at its remote, high altitude site in the Andes of northern Chile. …
2012.10.23
ALMA discovers the new tool to explore baby stars: a new water maser emission in the Orion Nebula
Research background Although it is believed that stars are formed by a contraction of interstellar gas, there are still many mysteries left unsolved in the s…
2012.08.29
Sweet Result from ALMA - Building blocks of life found around young star
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding a young Sun-like star. T…
2012.06.21
ALMA Reveals Constituent of a Galaxy at 12.4 Billion Light-Years Away
An international research team, led by Associate Professor Tohru Nagao from Kyoto University, and including researchers from Japan and Europe, has observed a "…
2012.06.08
Band 4 & Band 10 Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR)
From June 6 to June 7, the Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR) for Band 4 and Band 10 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. As a result of the review, it was co…
2012.06.01
ALMA turns its eyes to Centaurus A
A new image of the center of the distinctive galaxy Centaurus A, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows how the new observato…
2012.05.29
First Test Polarization Observation with ACA Antennas and ACA Correlator
On April 29 (Chilean time), we conducted a test polarization observation using five Japanese 7-m ACA (Atacama Compact Array) antennas and a Japanese ACA correl…
2012.05.02
Successful Interferometer Test with Two Japanese Antennas 1966 m away
On the night of April 28 (Chilean time), interference fringes were successfully detected in an interferometer test using two Japanese antennas at a distance of…
2012.04.12
ALMA Reveals Workings of Nearby Planetary System
A new observatory still under construction has given astronomers a major breakthrough in understanding a nearby planetary system that can provide valuable clu…
2012.04.02
NAOJ Chile Observatory Established
On April 1, 2012, the NAOJ Chile Observatory was established as a center of NAOJ’s research activities in Chile. Since April 2000, the NAOJ ALMA Project …
2012.02.03
ALMA EA-FEIC Completed the Last ACA Receiver System
On January 4, the ALMA East Asia Front-End Integration Center (EA-FEIC) in Taiwan completed the fabrication and evaluation of all the receiver systems for the …
2011.11.21
25 Antennas at AOS
On November 15, one more North American 12-m antenna was transported from the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m to the Array Operations Site (AOS) at…
2011.10.03
ALMA Opens Its Eyes
The most powerful millimeter/submillimeter-wavelength telescope in the world opens for business and reveals its first image Humanity’s most complex grou…
2011.09.02
Successful Interferometer Test with Japanese 7-m and 12-m Antennas at AOS
On September 2, an interferometer test was conducted with the first Japanese 7-m and first 12-m antennas at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl and i…
2011.08.11
Successful Interferometer Test with Two Japanese 7-m Antennas
On August 11, an interferometer test using two Japanese 7-m antennas was conducted at the Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2900 m asl and interference frin…
2011.08.11
Successful Interferometer Test with Sixteen 12-m Antennas
On August 6, an interferometer test was conducted at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl and fringes of 120 baselines were successfully obtained with…
2011.06.06
Successful Interferometer Test with Japanese 7-m antenna and 12-m antenna
On May 30, radio waves emitted by a variable star VX Sagittarii were collected by a Japanese 7-m antenna and a 12-m antenna, and interference fringes were suc…
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2026 4.22
An Astronomer using ALMA Received the Young Scientists’ Award by MEXT
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An astronomer conducting research with ALMA has been honored with the 2026 Young Scientists’ Award by Japan’s Ministry …
2026 4.15
Unveiling the Mystery of Protoplanetary Disk Formation Around Young Stars
An international team led by Indrani Das of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), has unveil…
2026 4.7
ALMA Reveals Magnetically Driven Disk Wind in the Protostar
An international research team using ALMA has discovered compelling evidence that winds from a young protostar are driv…
