2017.06.01
Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [5] - How do Radio Telescopes work?
Can you imagine yourself hearing only the bass of a music recording? Or only seeing objects of a particular colour? Well, in a way, you experience this every d…
Cosmic Mysteries
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2017.05.19
ALMA Eyes Icy Ring around Young Planetary System
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has made the first complete millimeter-wavelength image of t…
2017.05.17
Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [4] - What’s so interesting about the event horizon?
We know that black holes are fascinating objects, capable of bending not only our minds but also reality itself. They squeeze matter into an extraordinarily mi…
2017.05.09
Universe Observed through Visual Acuity of 120,000/20 [vol.1] Astronomers Stunned by HL Tauri
In 2014, astronomers were stunned by the ultra-high resolution image of HL Tauri (also called HL Tau) observed by ALMA, revealing a key element to unveil the f…
2017.05.09
Interview with ALMA Public Outreach Officer : Mysteries of the Universe vol.1 Can Life Exist on Other Planets?
Many people are curious about the existence of extraterrestrial life. In fact, we have already started to obtain some evidences of it. With the advancement of …
2017.04.20
The onset of an extra-solar system - feeding a baby star with a dusty hamburger
An international research team, led by Chin-Fei Lee in Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA, Taiwan), has made a new high-fidelity im…
2017.04.14
Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [3] - What is a black hole?
Right now, astronomers are attempting to take the first image of the event horizon of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way — but what exa…
2017.04.13
ALMA Investigates 'DeeDee,' a Distant, Dim Member of Our Solar System
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of …
2017.04.07
ALMA Captures Explosive Star Birth
Star birth can be a violent and explosive event, as dramatically illustrated in new ALMA images. Around 500 years ago, a pair of adolescent protostars had a pe…
2017.04.05
Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [2] - What are the Event Horizon Telescope and the Global mm-VLBI Array?
At the centre of our galaxy lurks a cosmic monster: a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* with a mass about four million times that of the Sun. Its g…
2017.03.31
Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole [1] - Attempting the Impossible
As part of an ambitious experiment involving telescopes around the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is about to attempt to image …
2017.03.08
Ancient Stardust Sheds Light on the First Stars—Most distant object ever observed by ALMA
Astronomers have used ALMA to detect a huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen when the Universe was only four percent of its present age. This galaxy…
2017.03.03
An Extraordinary Celestial Spiral with a Twist
An international team of astronomers, led by Hyosun Kim in Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA, Taiwan), has found a way of deriving…
2017.02.15
Black-Hole-Powered Jets Forge Fuel for Star Formation
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a surprising connection between a supermassive black hole and the gal…
2017.02.08
Protostar displays a strange geometry
One of the big puzzles in astrophysics is how stars like the sun manage to form from collapsing molecular clouds in star-forming regions of the universe. The…
2016.12.21
First Light for Band 5 at ALMA
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile has begun observing in a new range of the electromagnetic spectrum. This has been made possibl…
2016.12.14
ALMA Finds Compelling Evidence for Pair of Infant Planets around Young Star
Astronomers now know that our galaxy is teeming with planets, from rocky worlds roughly the size of Earth to gas giants bigger than Jupiter. Nearly every one o…
2016.12.05
ALMA measures size of seeds of planets
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), have for the first time, achieved a precise size measurement of small dust particl…
2016.11.07
Tsunami of Stars and Gas Produces Dazzling Eye-shaped Feature in Galaxy
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a tsunami of stars and gas that is crashing midway through the disk o…
2016.10.27
Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples
For the first time, astronomers have seen a dusty disk of material around a young star fragmenting into a multiple-star system. Scientists had suspected such a…
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2025 5.27
ALMA Booth at Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025
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NAOJ ALMA is exhibiting a booth at the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting every year. This year’s event was held fro…
2025 5.22
A Fierce Storm in a Giant Barred Spiral Galaxy 11 Billion Years Ago
A research team led by Shuo Huang (NAOJ and Nagoya University) has observed a massive and extremely active barred spira…
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…
