2022.01.13
Stars’ secret embraces revealed by ALMA
Unlike our Sun, most stars live with a companion. Sometimes, two come so close that one engulfs the other - with far-reaching consequences. When a team of astr…
ALMA Discoveries
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2021.12.02
Stellar Cocoon with Organic Molecules at the Edge of our Galaxy
For the first time, astronomers have detected a newborn star and the surrounding cocoon of complex organic molecules at the edge of our Galaxy, which is known …
2021.11.15
Astronomers make most distant detection yet of fluorine in star-forming galaxy
A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine — an element found in our bones and teeth as fluoride — is forged in the Universe. Using the Atacama Large Mi…
2021.11.08
ALMA Scientists Detect Signs of Water in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Water has been detected in the most massive galaxy in the early Universe, according to new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (…
2021.11.04
A Cosmic Whodunit: ALMA Study Confirms What’s Robbing Galaxies of Their Star-Forming Gas
Astronomers examining the nearby Universe with the help of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have just completed the largest high-resolut…
2021.10.20
Star forming region: an rich reservoir of large organic molecules
Proteins are polymers of amino acids joined together by the peptide bond -NHCO-. Peptide bonds are not only the ubiquity structures in proteins but also the ch…
2021.10.07
First ALMA Animation of Circling Twin Young Stars
Researchers analyzed the accumulated data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and depicted the motion of a young twin star system XZ T…
2021.09.30
ALMA Scientists Uncover the Mystery of Early Massive Galaxies Running on Empty
Early massive galaxies—those that formed in the three billion years following the Big Bang —should have contained large amounts of cold hydrogen gas, the fuel …
2021.09.23
Unveiling Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn That Were Hiding Behind the Dust
While investigating the data of young, distant galaxies observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Yoshinobu Fudamoto from Waseda Universi…
2021.09.15
Untangling the Formation of Planetary Systems with Deuterium
An international research team using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed the distribution of heavy hydrogen, or deuterium, in plan…
2021.08.11
ALMA Finds Super-Fast Rotation of Baby Star’s Jet
It is known that gas jets are ejected from a baby star, but it was not clear how the jets are formed. By observing the rotation of the jets in detail and combi…
2021.07.30
ALMA Observes Interplay between Magnetic Force and Gravity in Massive Star Formation
The magnetic field is part of one of the four fundamental forces in nature. It plays a vital role in everyday life, from producing electricity in hydroelectric…
2021.07.28
Astronomers make first clear detection of a moon-forming disk around an exoplanet
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) astronomers have unambiguously detected the presence of a diskaround a planet outside our Solar S…
2021.07.20
EHT pinpoints dark heart of the nearest radio galaxy
An international team anchored by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, which is known for capturing the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M…
2021.07.13
Do Supernova Explosions feed a Big Eater Black Hole?
It has long been a mystery how a black hole at the center of a galaxy swallows gas from the huge rotating gas disk around it. Observations with two radio teles…
2021.07.01
ALMA Observes Deep into Chaotic Planetary Nursery
Planet formation is still a mystery. Astronomers have been studying protoplanetary discs for decades, trying to solve the details of planetary genesis. Thanks …
2021.06.15
Cosmic Cartographers Map Nearby Universe Revealing the Diversity of Star-Forming Galaxies
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has completed the first census of molecular clouds in the nearby Universe, …
2021.06.11
ALMA Discovers Earliest Gigantic Black Hole Storm
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered a titanic galactic wind driven by a supermassive black hole 13.1 billion y…
2021.06.08
Discovery of a Dying Supermassive Black Hole Via a 3000-year-long Light Echo
Supermassive black holes (SMBH) occupy the center of galaxies, with masses ranging from one million to 10 billion solar masses. Some SMBHs are in a bright phas…
2021.05.21
ALMA Discovers the Most Ancient Galaxy with Spiral Morphology
Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found a galaxy with a spiral morphology by only 1.4 billion y…
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2026 1.13
Students Honored for Collaborative Research with ALMA Receiver Development Team
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Two students from the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) have received awards for their collaborative research …
2026 1.8
Multiple Origins Behind The Extreme Star Formation In “Monster Galaxies”
An international research team has conducted detailed observations of three “monster galaxies” in the early Universe us…
2026 1.6
Kenichi Tadaki Selected for Prestigious Research Grant for ALMA-Based Study
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Professor Kenichi Tadaki of Hokkai-Gakuen University has been selected for the 58th Research Grant (FY2025) in the Spac…
