2016.10.14
New Webcam for ALMA Offers Stunning Views of the Array
A new high-definition camera has been installed at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), providing a 24/7 interactive view of the telescope&…
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2016.10.14
A new high-definition camera has been installed at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), providing a 24/7 interactive view of the telescope&…
2016.10.13
A joint team of University of Tokyo researchers and their collaborators, using ALMA and other telescopes that utilize radio waves for space observation, reve…
2016.09.30
Swirling around the young star Elias 2-27, astronomers discovered a stunning spiral-shape pinwheel of dust. This striking feature, seen with the Atacama Large …
2016.09.29
Astronomers have discovered a ‘hot molecular core’, a cocoon of molecules surrounding a newborn massive star, for the first time outside our Gala…
2016.09.27
This release was modified on 15 November 2016 to correct several errors and misleading phrases. In particular the release in places gave the impression that s…
2016.09.26
Over 200 astronomers from all around the world have gathered in Indian Wells, California, U.S.A. to participate in the "Half a Decade of ALMA: Cosmic Dawn…
2016.09.15
An annual summer event, NAOJ Nobeyama Open Campus was held on August 27 this year. Despite the rainy weather, the exhibition area was filled with energy of mor…
2016.09.14
Astronomers found signs of a growing planet around TW Hydra, a nearby young star, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Based on the…
2016.08.31
A new record for the most distant galaxy cluster has been set using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, including the Atacama Large Mi…
2016.08.24
A record demand for observation time was requested by the international astronomy community in the call for proposals for ALMA Cycle 4, increasing in 50% the t…
2016.08.17
These images show the edge of the vast molecular cloud that lies behind the Orion Nebula, 1400 light-years from Earth. The image of the left shows a wide-field…
2016.08.02
NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory newly established an exhibition room showing the projects of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences and its affiliated in…
2016.07.20
The Santiago Japanese School held its annual TANABATA lecture on July 7. This year’s lecture was given by Jin Koda, an associate professor at Stony Broo…
2016.07.19
Researchers have demonstrated ALMA’s unprecedented capability for polarimetry in millimeter wavebands. Polarimetry is an important method to investigate …
2016.07.14
New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have produced the first image of a water snow line within a protoplanetary disk. …
2016.06.28
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a rotating ring containing large organic molecules around a protosta…
2016.06.17
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) detected a clear signal from oxygen in a galaxy located 13.1 billion light-years aw…
2016.06.15
The organic molecule methyl alcohol (methanol) has been found by the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc. …
2016.06.13
On May 20, Norikazu Mizuno, an associate professor at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, gave a lecture at the Japanese School of Buenos Aires, Argentina. More than …
2016.06.09
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has witnessed a never-before-seen cosmic weather event&mdash…
On June 4, 2024, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Her Excellency Mrs. Gloria de la Fuente Gonzalez, visited …
From left to right: Mr. SHIONOYA Ryu, Chair of the Japan-Chile Friendship Parliamentary League; Minister Alberto van Kl…
NAOJ ALMA has exhibited a booth at the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting every year. This year’s event was he…