2016.09.26
ALMA celebrates half a decade of scientific results
Over 200 astronomers from all around the world have gathered in Indian Wells, California, U.S.A. to participate in the "Half a Decade of ALMA: Cosmic Dawn…
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2016.09.15
Nobeyama Open Campus 2016
An annual summer event, NAOJ Nobeyama Open Campus was held on August 27 this year. Despite the rainy weather, the exhibition area was filled with energy of mor…
2016.08.24
New ALMA Capabilities for Cycle 4 Attract Large Number of Proposals
A record demand for observation time was requested by the international astronomy community in the call for proposals for ALMA Cycle 4, increasing in 50% the t…
2016.08.02
ALMA Telescope at NINS Nobeyama Exhibition Room
NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory newly established an exhibition room showing the projects of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences and its affiliated in…
2016.07.20
TANABATA Lecture at Santiago Japanese School
The Santiago Japanese School held its annual TANABATA lecture on July 7. This year’s lecture was given by Jin Koda, an associate professor at Stony Broo…
2016.06.13
Lecture at the Japanese School of Buenos Aires
On May 20, Norikazu Mizuno, an associate professor at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, gave a lecture at the Japanese School of Buenos Aires, Argentina. More than …
2016.06.02
ALMA Booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016
From May 22 through 26, the NAOJ Chile observatory exhibited the ALMA booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016, which was held at the international ex…
2016.05.26
NAOJ Chile Observatory Director's Lecture at the Japan-Chile Chamber of Commerce and Industry
On May 17, 2016, the Japan-Chile Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Camara Chileno Japanesa de Comercio e Indusria A.G.) held its monthly meeting and invited N…
2016.05.09
SOKENDAI Future Scientist Award Given to Kyoko Onishi
Kyoko Onishi, a student at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) who conducts research at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, won the SOKENDAI Futur…
2016.05.02
Miniature AOS Newly Exhibited
A miniature model of the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS) has been newly added to the exhibition at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The ALMA site in Chile is very far…
2016.04.27
ALMA Cycle 4 Town Meeting in Mitaka
On April 4, an ALMA Town Meeting was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. ALMA invited calls for proposals for Cycle 4, which will start from October this year. Th…
2016.04.21
Japanese ALMA Antenna Development Team Won Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT
Five Japanese researchers and engineers received the 2015 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Te…
2016.01.13
Research Presentation by Graduate Students
Currently 15 graduate students are studying at the ALMA building in the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. They come from various universities such as the Graduate University…
2015.12.25
New Video Released "ALMA Receiver Development -Receiver Manufacturing-"
A new video on the ALMA development was released. This new version features the receiver which is a component to receive radio waves from target objects inside…
2015.11.12
Mitaka Open House Day 2015
On October 23 and 24, Mitaka Open House Day was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The NAOJ Chile Observatory gave presentations of ALMA, including mini-lectures…
2015.11.06
NAOJ-ALMA All Hands Meeting
On October 16, NAOJ-ALMA All hands Meeting was held with the participation of all staff engaged in NAOJ ALMA Project. The attendees include the staff of the N…
2015.10.29
JAO Tour for Santiago Japanese School
On October 14, the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) welcomed 28 students from the 3rd to 9th grades of the Santiago Japanese School for their workplace study tour…
2015.09.24
Swordsmen in Atacama 2015
There are a wide variety of staff members working at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), including astronomers to support observations, engineers to c…
2015.09.07
Nobeyama Open Campus 2015
On August 22, Nobeyama Open Campus 2015 was held at NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO). NAOJ Chile Observatory presented exhibitions showing the progress o…
2015.08.26
New projects selected for the ALMA Cycle 3 Early Science Observations
The scientific assessment of the 1578 science proposals submitted for ALMA Early Science Cycle 3 has been completed. The Proposal Review meeting -chaired by An…
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