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2018.12.12
Astronomers have cataloged nearly 4,000 exoplanets in orbit around distant stars. Though the discovery of these newfound worlds has taught us much, there is st…
2018.11.30
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the rings of gas s…
2018.11.22
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has opened another new window to the Universe. Using its highest frequency receivers yet, researchers o…
2018.11.09
A billion light-years from Earth lies one of the Universe’s most massive structures, a giant elliptical galaxy surrounded by a sprawling cluster of other galax…
2018.10.24
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has a chaotic surface terrain that is fractured and cracked, suggesting a long-standing history of geologic activity. A new series of…
2018.08.30
Astronomers obtained the most detailed anatomy chart of a monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimete…
2018.07.31
Astronomers have made the first definitive detection of a radioactive molecule in interstellar space: a form, or isotopologue of aluminum monofluoride (26AlF).…
2018.06.21
An international research team, led by Dr. Ruobing Dong at University of Arizona in USA and in Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) …
2018.06.15
Two independent teams of astronomers have used ALMA to uncover convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296. Usin…
2018.05.17
Astronomers detected a faint but definite signal of oxygen in a galaxy located 13.28 billion light-years away from us, through observations using the Atacama L…
2018.04.26
Peering deep into space — 90 percent of the way across the observable universe — astronomers have witnessed the beginnings of a gargantuan cosmic p…
2018.03.07
New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes have been used to create this stunning image showing a web of filame…
2018.02.26
Space weather emitted by Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our sun, may make that system rather inhospitable to life after all. Using data from the Atacama…
2018.02.20
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe an active galaxy with a strong ionized gas outflow from the galactic center, a team le…
2018.02.14
High resolution observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) imaged a rotating dusty gas torus around an active supermassive black…
2018.01.23
ALMA captured this image of the bright star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion at an ultra-high resolution which exceeds 80000/20 vision in terms of eyesigh…
2017.12.07
Astronomers expect that the first galaxies, those that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, would share many similarities with some of t…
2017.11.10
Stars like our Sun eject large amounts of gas and dust into space, containing various elements and compounds. Asymptotic giant branch — AGB — phase…
2017.11.06
Astronomers found a rich molecular reservoir in the heart of an active star-forming galaxy with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Among …
2017.10.24
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) took an impressive image of V1247 Orionis, a young, hot star surrounded by a dynamic ring of gas and dust, …
On March 21, 2025, NAOJ participated in the public event "Open Day 2025" held at the Joint ALMA Observatory in Santiago…
NAOJ ALMA is exhibiting a booth at the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting every year. This year’s event was held fro…
A research team led by Shuo Huang (NAOJ and Nagoya University) has observed a massive and extremely active barred spira…
