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2016.04.21
Five Japanese researchers and engineers received the 2015 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Te…
2016.04.14
Subtle distortions hidden in ALMA’s stunning image of the gravitational lens SDP.81 are telltale signs that a dwarf dark galaxy is lurking in the halo o…
2016.03.31
ALMA’s Best Image Yet of a Protoplanetary Disk The disks of dust and gas that surround young stars are the formation sites of planets. New images from…
2016.03.10
A research team using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has detected the faintest millimeter-wave source ever observed. By accumulatin…
2016.03.03
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the first direct observations delineating the gas disk around a baby sta…
2016.02.23
Astronomers have used the ALMA and IRAM telescopes to make the first direct measurement of the temperature of the large dust grains in the outer parts of a pl…
2016.02.18
The most luminous galaxy in the Universe -a so-called obscured quasar 12.4 billion light-years away – is so violently turbulent that it may eventually je…
2016.01.15
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found telltale differences between the gaps in the gas and the dust in discs aro…
2016.01.13
Currently 15 graduate students are studying at the ALMA building in the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. They come from various universities such as the Graduate University…
2015.12.25
A new video on the ALMA development was released. This new version features the receiver which is a component to receive radio waves from target objects inside…
2015.12.07
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered the most tenuous molecular gas ever observed. They detected the abs…
2015.12.05
Astronomers discovered a nest of monstrous baby galaxies 11.5 billion light-years away using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The you…
2015.11.27
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered that a dim, cool dwarf star is generating a surprisingly powerful mag…
2015.11.24
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) continues to expand its power and capabilities by linking with other millimeter-wavelength telescopes i…
2015.11.12
On October 23 and 24, Mitaka Open House Day was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The NAOJ Chile Observatory gave presentations of ALMA, including mini-lectures…
2015.11.06
On October 16, NAOJ-ALMA All hands Meeting was held with the participation of all staff engaged in NAOJ ALMA Project. The attendees include the staff of the N…
2015.11.05
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered an adolescent protostar that is undergoing a rapid-fire succession of…
2015.10.29
On October 14, the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) welcomed 28 students from the 3rd to 9th grades of the Santiago Japanese School for their workplace study tour…
2015.10.15
Galaxies forming stars at extreme rates nine billion years ago were more efficient than average galaxies today, researchers find. The majority of galaxies h…
2015.09.29
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered two spectacular rings of molecules encircling the young, Sun-like sta…
An international team led by researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan succesfully detected the e…
On December 11, a lecture organized by the Center for Space and Habitability at the University of Bern was held as part…
The preliminary design review for the new Data Transmission System (DTS) for the ALMA Telescope has been completed succ…
