2021.03.29
Stellar Eggs near Galactic Center Hatching into Baby Stars
Astronomers found a number of baby stars hiding around the center of the Milky Way using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Previous stud…
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2021.03.24
Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has revealed today a new view of the massive object at the …
2021.03.18
Powerful stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter for the first time
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers have directly measured winds in Jupiter’s middle atmosphere for the first …
2021.02.24
ALMA reveals the very seeds of stars in the forming
Stars are known to form in so-called “molecular clouds”; collections of cold gas and dust in the space between stars. These stellar nurseries can contain a num…
2021.02.09
Discovery of Interaction between Jet and Disk Wind from a Star-Forming Accretion Disk
An international research team, led by Chin-Fei Lee at Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA, Taiwan), has spatially resolved a magnet…
2021.01.15
Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record
An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant quasar yet found — a cosmic monster more than 13 billion light-years from Earth powered by…
2021.01.12
ALMA captures distant colliding galaxy dying out as it loses the ability to form stars
Galaxies begin to “die” when they stop forming stars, but until now astronomers had never clearly glimpsed the start of this process in a far-away galaxy. Usin…
2020.11.18
Newly processed Venus ALMA data made available to the community
A newly and better processed version of data on planet Venus, collected with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, has now been mad…
2020.10.27
Galaxies in the Infant Universe were Surprisingly Mature
Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This was shown by an international team of astronomers who studi…
2020.10.22
ALMA Shows Volcanic Impact on Io’s Atmosphere
New radio images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere …
2020.10.01
Astronomers Capture Stellar Winds in Unprecedented Detail
Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a set of stellar winds around aging stars and present an explanation for th…
2020.09.25
Pair of Massive Baby Stars Swaddled in Salty Water Vapor
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers spotted a pair of massive baby stars growing in salty cosmic soup. Each star is shro…
2020.09.15
Phosphine on Venus – A step forward to understand biomarker molecule
An international team of astronomers detected phosphine (PH3) in the atmosphere of Venus. They studied the origin of phosphine, but no inorganic pro…
2020.09.04
Misaligned Planet-Forming Rings around Triple Young Stars
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found a peculiar dust ring system around the young triple st…
2020.08.13
ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have revealed an extremely distant and therefore very young galaxy that looks surpris…
2020.08.07
Stellar Egg Hunt with ALMA – Tracing Evolution from Embryo to Baby Star
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) took a census of stellar eggs in the constellation Taurus and revealed their evolutio…
2020.08.04
ALMA Captures Stirred-Up Planet Factory
Planet-forming environments can be much more complex and chaotic than previously expected. This is evidenced by a new image of the star RU Lup, made with the A…
2020.07.31
ALMA Finds Possible Sign of Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A
Two teams of astronomers have made a compelling case in the 33-year-old mystery surrounding Supernova 1987A. Based on observations of the Atacama Large Millime…
2020.06.17
Supergiant Atmosphere of Antares Revealed by Radio Telescopes
An international team of astronomers has created the most detailed map yet of the atmosphere of the red supergiant star Antares. The unprecedented sensitivity …
2020.05.22
ALMA Spots Twinkling Heart of Milky Way
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of the Milky Way, S…
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2025 4.30
exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed: Beyond planet hunting, this survey will reveal the mechanics behind planet forming discs
A team of international astronomers have embarked on an exciting new project to hunt for planets forming around young s…
2025 4.17
Akimasa Kataoka Received the Young Scientists’ Award by MEXT
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Dr. Akimasa Kataoka at NAOJ received the Young Scientists’ Award, 2025 Commendation for Science and Technology by the M…
2025 4.15
Takafumi Tsukui Received Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
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Takafumi Tsukui at the Australian National University (currently Tohoku University) received Inoue Research Award for Y…
