2015.12.07
Radio Shadow Reveals Tenuous Cosmic Gas Cloud
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered the most tenuous molecular gas ever observed. They detected the abs…
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2015.12.05
ALMA Spots Monstrous Baby Galaxies Cradled in Dark Matter
Astronomers discovered a nest of monstrous baby galaxies 11.5 billion light-years away using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The you…
2015.10.15
ALMA telescope unveils rapid formation of new stars in distant galaxies
Galaxies forming stars at extreme rates nine billion years ago were more efficient than average galaxies today, researchers find. The majority of galaxies h…
2015.06.18
ALMA Precisely Measures Black Hole Mass
A research group led by Kyoko Onishi at the SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies) observed the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 with ALMA and fo…
2015.06.09
ALMA uses 'Natural Telescope' to Image Monstrous Galaxy near the Edge of the Universe
This press release was issued by The University of Tokyo on June 9th, 2015 in Japanese. English version is translated by the National Astronomical Observator…
2015.04.07
Unprecedented views of lensed galaxy and asteroid Juno taken with ALMA
Astronomers obtained unprecedentedly sharp images of a distant galaxy SDP.81 and an asteroid Juno with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA…
2015.03.31
ALMA Disentangles Complex Birth of Giant Stars
Overview A research group led by Aya Higuchi, a researcher at Ibaraki University, conducted observations of the massive-star forming region IRAS 16547-4247 w…
2015.02.26
ALMA Revealed Surprisingly Mild Environment around a Supermassive Black Hole
A research team led by Shuro Takano at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and Taku Nakajima at Nagoya University observed the spiral galaxy …
2014.12.04
Astronomers Identify Gas Spirals as a Nursery of Twin Stars through ALMA Observation
Overview With the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observation, astronomers led by Shigehisa Takakuwa, Associate Research Fellow at the In…
2014.11.06
Revolutionary ALMA Image Reveals Planetary Genesis
Overview Astronomers’ dream has just come true. The new image from ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, reveals extraordinarily fine…
2014.09.17
Creating Pancakes using Galaxy Collisions—Violent Origins of Disk Galaxies Probed by Radio Telescopes
Overview Observations of colliding galaxies using ALMA and other radio telescopes have revealed that collisions between galaxies are likely to result in a ga…
2014.09.11
ALMA Achieves New High Frequency Observing Capabilities: Shows Planet Uranus in New Light
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached a major milestone by extending its vision fully into the realm of the submillimeter, the wa…
2014.07.03
Dynamical Star-Forming Gas Interaction Witnessed by ALMA
Overview Dynamical interaction of star-forming gas was found in a star-forming region by observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (…
2014.06.12
Gigantic Explosion Buried in Dust: ALMA Probes Environment around Gamma Ray Bursts
Abstract For the first time, a group of Japanese researchers detected radio emission from molecular gas in galaxies hosting gamma ray bursts (GRBs), the brig…
2014.02.13
A Drastic Chemical Change Occurring in Birth of Planetary System: Has the Solar System also Experienced it?
A star is formed by gravitational contraction of interstellar gas (mostly H2) and dust. Even after the birth of a protostar (a baby star), the gas and dust …
2014.01.17
ALMA Discovers a Formation Site of a Giant Planetary System
Abstract A team of Japanese astronomers has obtained a firm evidence of formation of a giant planetary system around a young star by the observations with th…
2013.11.22
ALMA and Hubble Observations Probe a Giant Blob, Himiko, Seen Close to Cosmic Dawn
Combining the capabilities of two powerful telescopes, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have e…
2013.10.24
Unique Chemical Composition Surrounding Supermassive Black Hole—A Step toward Development of New Black Hole Exploration Method
An international research team led by Takuma Izumi, a second-year master’s student of science at the University of Tokyo, and Kotaro Kohno, a professor…
2013.10.04
ALMA Discovers Large "Hot" Cocoon around a Small Baby Star
A large hot molecular cloud around a very young star was discovered by ALMA. This hot cloud is about ten times larger than those found around typical solar-m…
2013.06.07
ALMA Discovers Comet Factory
--- New observations of a "dust trap" around a young star solve long-standing planet formation mystery
Astronomers using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have imaged a region around a young star where dust particles can grow by clump…
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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…
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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…
