2019.03.28
Spiraling giants: witnessing the birth of a massive binary star system
Scientists from the RIKEN in Japan, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Virginia in the USA and collaborators have made observati…
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2019.03.20
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Star Formation and the Rich Dust from Ancient Stars
Researchers have detected a radio signal from abundant interstellar dust in MACS0416_Y1, a galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. …
2019.03.14
ALMA Observes the Formation Sites of Solar-System-like Planets
Researchers have spotted the formation sites of planets around a young star resembling our Sun. Two rings of dust around the star, at distances comparable to t…
2019.02.28
Hiding Black Hole Found
Astronomers have detected a stealthy black hole from its effects on an interstellar gas cloud. This intermediate mass black hole is one of over 100 million qui…
2019.02.26
ALMA Differentiates Two Birth Cries from a Single Star –Strong evidence of independent origins for two gas flows
Astronomers have unveiled the enigmatic origins of two different gas streams from a baby star. Using ALMA, they found that the slow outflow and the high speed …
2019.02.08
Liberal Sprinkling of Salt Discovered around a Young Star
New ALMA observations show there is ordinary table salt in a not-so-ordinary location: 1,500 light-years from Earth in the disk surrounding a massive young sta…
2019.02.05
Retreating Snow Line Reveals Organic Molecules around Young Star
Astronomers using ALMA have detected various complex organic molecules around the young star V883 Ori. A sudden outburst from this star is releasing molecules …
2019.01.15
Astronomers Study Mysterious New Type of Cosmic Blast
When astronomers discovered a cosmic explosion in a galaxy nearly 200 million light-years from Earth last June 16, they soon realized it was something differen…
2019.01.10
What 30,000 Star Factories in 74 Galaxies Tell Us about Star Formation across the Universe
The ALMA telescope is conducting an unprecedented survey of nearby disk galaxies — a total of 74 so far, encompassing a total of 750 hours of observations of 3…
2019.01.01
Early Protostar Already has a Warped Disk
Using observations from the ALMA radio observatory in Chile, researchers have observed, for the first time, a warped disk around an infant protostar that forme…
2018.12.21
ALMA Gives Passing Comet Its Close-up
As comet 46P/Wirtanen neared Earth on December 2, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) took a remarkably close look the in…
2018.12.18
Mystery of coronae around supermassive black holes deepens
Researchers from RIKEN and JAXA have used observations from the ALMA radio observatory located in northern Chile and managed by an international consortium inc…
2018.12.12
The Epoch of Planet Formation, Times Twenty - ALMA Campaign Provides Unprecedented Views of the Birth of Planets
Astronomers have cataloged nearly 4,000 exoplanets in orbit around distant stars. Though the discovery of these newfound worlds has taught us much, there is st…
2018.11.30
Black Hole 'Donuts' are Actually 'Fountains'
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the rings of gas s…
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 highest frequency receivers yet, researchers o…
2018.11.09
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 surrounded by a sprawling cluster of other galax…
2018.10.24
ALMA Maps Europa’s Temperature
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has a chaotic surface terrain that is fractured and cracked, suggesting a long-standing history of geologic activity. A new series of…
2018.08.30
Unstoppable Monster in the Early Universe - ALMA obtains most detailed view of distant starburst galaxy
Astronomers obtained the most detailed anatomy chart of a monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimete…
2018.07.31
Pair of Colliding Stars Spill Radioactive Molecules into Space
Astronomers have made the first definitive detection of a radioactive molecule in interstellar space: a form, or isotopologue of aluminum monofluoride (26AlF).…
2018.06.21
Exciting Structures Discovered in a Young Protoplanetary Disk Lend Strong Support to Planet Formation in the Disk
An international research team, led by Dr. Ruobing Dong at University of Arizona in USA and in Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) …
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2026 1.6
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…
2026 1.5
Giant Spiral Galaxy” Discovered 11.5 Billion Years Ago
A research team led by a researcher at Nagoya University has discovered that a “monster galaxy” in the early Universe, …
2025 12.10
Observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud: Insights into Star Formation in Early-Universe-like Environments
In today’s Universe, stars like our Sun form within long, thread-like structures called filamentary molecular clouds. Y…
