2019.11.05
Mitaka Open House Day 2019
On Saturday, October 26, Mitaka Open House Day 2019 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The open house day is an annual event to open the NAOJ research facilit…
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2019.10.29
ALMA resumes regular operations
The management team at the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) have decided to return to regular operations over the next few days, with regular work shifts and scien…
2019.10.23
ALMA Prioritizes Employees’ Safety and Reduces Science Operations
Late last week, a decision to increase metro fares in Santiago metropolitan area triggered protest in Santiago, which have spread to other areas in Chile. Thes…
2019.10.11
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to ALMA Staff for the First Black Hole Picture
The 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to a group of scientists for the achievement made by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) that succ…
2019.09.13
Nobeyama Radio Observatory Open Campus 2019
In the pleasant sunny weather, the NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory Open Campus 2019 was held in Nobeyama on Saturday, August 24. Reflecting the sun, shining wh…
2019.08.30
NAOJ Director General’s Awards Given to Two ALMA-Related Groups
A ceremony for the 2018 NAOJ Director General’s Awards was held at NAOJ Mitaka Campus on July 30th, 2018. This year, the two awards were given for remarkable a…
2019.07.30
Almost 400 High-Priority Proposals for New ALMA Observing Cycle
On October 1, 2019, a new observing cycle will kick off at ALMA. Cycle 7 will have 4,300 hours available for observations with the 12 meters diameter antennas …
2019.07.25
Solar Eclipse Watching Party at NAOJ Santiago Office
On July 2, 2019, a total solar eclipse was observed in some parts of Chile. In the capital city Santiago, it was experienced as a major partial solar eclipse w…
2019.07.22
Associate Professor Alvaro Gonzalez Wins 8th NINS Young Researcher Award
Alvaro Gonzalez, an associate professor and East Asia ALMA Project Manager at the NAOJ ALMA Project won the 8th National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) …
2019.07.11
2019 Solar Eclipse Image from ALMA
The Total Solar Eclipse of July 2, 2019, was partially visible from the ALMA observatory with 76% of the Sun covered by the Moon. Against all the odds, despite…
2019.06.10
500 Visitors Attend ALMA Booth at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
The Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019 (JpGU 2019) was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City for five days from Sunday, May 26 through Thursday, May 30. The Jp…
2019.05.08
Chilean Senate Distinguishes ALMA For 1st Image of Black Hole
The Honorable Senate of Chile invited representatives from the ALMA observatory to its session held today, April 17, in recognition of its role in obtaining t…
2019.04.22
Proposal Preparation Meeting for ALMA Cycle 7
On April 2, 2019, the Proposal Preparation Meeting for ALMA Cycle 7 was held in the NAOJ Mitaka Campus with participation of 22 people in the venue and some re…
2019.01.23
East Asian ALMA Development Workshop/Science Workshop
East Asian ALMA Development Workshop was held at Osaka Prefecture University from December 14 through 15, which was followed by East Asian ALMA Science Worksho…
2019.01.21
ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting
From December 26 through 27, 2018, ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. The meeting was attended by 105 participants including resea…
2018.12.19
NAOJ ATC Researcher Takafumi Kojima Wins 2018 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Japan Young Engineer Award
Takafumi Kojima, a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Advanced Technology Center (NAOJ ATC) engaged in the development of a new recei…
2018.11.05
Mitaka Open House Day 2018
On October 26 and 27, Mitaka Open House Day 2018 was held by NAOJ and other institutes with the main theme tiled “Rediscover the Solar System”. In sunny weathe…
2018.10.22
ALMA Exhibition at the Inter-University Research Institute Corporations Symposium 2018
On Sunday, October 21, 2018, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) gave presentations of ALMA at the Inter-University Research Institute Corpor…
2018.09.13
Alvaro Gonzalez to become New East Asia ALMA Project Manager
Alvaro Gonzalez, an associate professor at NAOJ, will become new East Asia ALMA Project Manager as of October 1, 2018, taking over the position of the current …
2018.09.07
Exhibition of ALMA at Nobeyama Open Campus 2018
In a comfortable sunny weather, the NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory Open Campus 2018 was held on Saturday, August 25. The NAOJ Chile Observatory presents the e…
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2019 12.5
ALMA Witness Planet Formation in Action
For the first time, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have witnessed 3D motions…
2019 11.21
Feeding a Baby Star through a Whirlpool in Space
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) detected a pair of spiral arms in an accretio…
2019 11.18
ALMA Reveals Origin of Mysterious Blast: AT2018cow originated from supernova in a strongly-magnetized, dense environment
The origin of the cosmic explosion “AT2018cow” discovered on June 16, 2018 is still controversial; it could have origin…
