2015.02.05

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ALMA’s remote location is a boon to astronomy but a telecommunication challenge for the astronomers who work there. Thanks to a newly installed broadband…

2015.01.16

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Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) is now seen in the night sky. The comet, which was discovered in August 2014 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, is reach…

2014.12.24

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All of the movements of ALMA’s antennas since September 2009 — when the first one arrived at Chajnantor, at an altitude of 5,000 meters in Chile…

2014.12.15

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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) may have detected the dusty hallmarks of an entire family of Pluto-size objects swarm…

2014.12.12

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Astronomers from around the world met in Japan to discuss the exciting scientific results from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio te…

2014.12.04

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Overview With the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observation, astronomers led by Shigehisa Takakuwa, Associate Research Fellow at the In…

2014.11.27

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Studying red giant stars tells astronomers about the future of the Sun — and about how previous generations of stars spread the elements needed for life …

2014.11.14

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From October 27 through 29, ALMA/ASTE/Mopra Users’ Meeting was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus for three telescopes operated by the NAOJ Chile Observatory…

2014.11.06

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Overview Astronomers’ dream has just come true. The new image from ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, reveals extraordinarily fine…

2014.10.30

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For the first time, researchers using ALMA have detected a streamer of gas flowing from a massive outer disc toward the inner reaches of a binary star system. …

2014.10.29

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On October 25, NAOJ Open House Day 2014 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. Under the clear autumn sky, the event attracted more than 4000 people. The ALMA boo…

2014.10.24

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While studying the atmosphere on Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists discovered intriguing zones of organic molecules unexpectedly tilted away from its north…

2014.09.29

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Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have teased out the faint signal of a new organic molecule lurking in interstellar sp…

2014.09.24

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully tested an antenna in the most extended configuration of the array yet, producing the l…

2014.09.17

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Overview Observations of colliding galaxies using ALMA and other radio telescopes have revealed that collisions between galaxies are likely to result in a ga…

2014.09.11

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached a major milestone by extending its vision fully into the realm of the submillimeter, the wa…

2014.09.10

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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and many other telescopes on the ground and in space, an international team of astronomers has o…

2014.08.20

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On August 17, 2014, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) and Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) signed an agreement concerning th…

2014.08.12

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An international team of scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has made incredible 3D images of the ghostly atmospheres surr…

2014.08.06

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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are making high-precision measurements of Pluto’s location and orbit around the…