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…
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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…
2018.08.31
Two TANABATA Lectures Held in Santiago, Chile
Although July is in the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere, TANABATA, a star festival of summer, is still an important annual event for the local Japa…
2018.08.13
ALMA is Almost Ready to Start a New Observation Cycle
The next observation cycle of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Cycle 6, is the most demanded one to date, with proposals for more than …
2018.07.24
The 1st NAOJ Young Researchers Award Given to Associate Professor Shin'ichiro Asayama at the NAOJ Chile Observatory
On July 5, 2018, at the Hitotshubashi Hall, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) held a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fo…
2018.07.19
ALMA Development Roadmap has been published
ALMA is approaching completion of its originally envisaged capabilities and, within the first five years of operations, the original fundamental science goals …
2018.06.27
ALMA Permanent Exhibition Opened at Miraikan
Miraikan (the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) opened a new permanent exhibition which presents the technologies and observation results of …
2018.05.31
ALMA Booth at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018
NAOJ ALMA exhibited a booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018, which was held at Makuhari Messe from May 20 through 24, 2018 as has happened in previo…
2018.05.07
ALMA Reaches 1000 Published Papers
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached an important milestone with the publication of the 1000th peer-reviewed paper using ALMA da…
2018.04.27
PASJ Excellent Paper Award Given to Research Work based on ALMA Data
The 2017 PASJ Excellent Paper Award was given to Misato Fukagawa (Nagoya University) et al. for the excellence of their published research paper. The award is …
2018.04.24
ALMA Continues to Break Records in Demand
After the closing of the ALMA Cycle 6 Call for Proposals, the demand for using the most advanced radio telescope in the world set a new record, surpassing 180…
2018.03.23
Minami Takano Receives Tokyo City University Alumni Association Award
Minami Takano, a senior at the Faculty of Knowledge Engineering, Tokyo City University won the Tokyo City University Alumni Association Award for her remarkabl…
2018.03.16
ACA Correlator Development Video Released
NAOJ Chile Observatory produced a short video introducing the development of the ACA Correlator “Mission to Process Huge Amounts of Data in Real Time Developme…
2018.03.13
NAOJ Director General’s Awards Given to Two Research Groups at NAOJ Chile Observatory
The 2017 NAOJ Director General’s awards were given to the following two groups at the NAOJ Chile Observatory for their remarkable achievements at NAOJ. Resear…
2018.02.23
NAOJ Public Talk / 23rd ALMA Public Talk
On February 4, Sunday, NAOJ Public Talk / the 23rd ALMA Public Talk was held in the International Conference Hall (Plaza Heisei) at the Tokyo International Exc…
2018.01.26
ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting 2017
From December 26 through 27, 2017, the two-day ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. Active discussions were made among approximately…
2018.01.23
ALMA Captured Betelgeuse
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…
2018.01.19
Development of New Spectrometer for Morita Array Approved by ALMA Board
In November 2017, the ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array designed and developed by Japan for the ALMA telescope. Th…
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2018 11.30
Black Hole 'Donuts' are Actually 'Fountains'
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), resear…
2018 11.22
ALMA’s Highest Frequency Receiver produces its First Scientific Result on Massive Star Formation
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has opened another new window to the Universe. Using its highes…
2018 11.9
Galaxy-Scale Fountain Seen in Full Glory
A billion light-years from Earth lies one of the Universe’s most massive structures, a giant elliptical galaxy surround…
