2015.09.07
Nobeyama Open Campus 2015
On August 22, Nobeyama Open Campus 2015 was held at NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NRO). NAOJ Chile Observatory presented exhibitions showing the progress o…
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2015.08.26
New projects selected for the ALMA Cycle 3 Early Science Observations
The scientific assessment of the 1578 science proposals submitted for ALMA Early Science Cycle 3 has been completed. The Proposal Review meeting -chaired by An…
2015.08.10
ALMA Agreement Signed by NAOJ and ASIAA
On July 27, 2015, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) in Taiwan signe…
2015.07.30
ALMA Witnesses Assembly of Galaxies in the Early Universe for the First Time
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to detect the most distant clouds of star-forming gas yet found in normal galaxies in the…
2015.07.22
Artistic Apparition at ALMA
Observatory hosts monumental golf ball installation
The ALMA Observatory recently received its first art exhibit: a golf ball of enormous proportions, displayed alongside the antennas at an altitude of 5000 metr…
2015.07.13
TANABATA Lecture at Santiago Japanese School
After some rainy days over the weekend, Santiago had a nice and sunny weather on July 7, which is a day of a Japanese star festival called TANABATA to celebrat…
2015.07.01
ALMA Detects First Traces of Carbon 'Smog' Permeating Interstellar Atmospheres of Early Galaxies
Astronomers study the elements scattered between the stars to learn about the internal workings of galaxies, their motion and chemistry. To date, however, atte…
2015.06.18
ALMA Precisely Measures Black Hole Mass
A research group led by Kyoko Onishi at the SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies) observed the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 with ALMA and fo…
2015.06.17
Exhibition of ALMA MUSIC BOX at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
ALMA MUSIC BOX has been exhibited at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan) from May. ALMA MUSIC BOX is an artwork created from t…
2015.06.09
ALMA uses 'Natural Telescope' to Image Monstrous Galaxy near the Edge of the Universe
This press release was issued by The University of Tokyo on June 9th, 2015 in Japanese. English version is translated by the National Astronomical Observator…
2015.06.02
ALMA Booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015
The NAOJ Chile observatory exhibited the ALMA booth at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015, which was held at the international exhibition hall of Makuhari…
2015.05.20
Giant Spiraling Molecular Gas Arms may be the Cradles of Dense Massive Molecular Cores
Overview A research team led by Hauyu Baobab Liu at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submi…
2015.05.15
ALMA Discovers Proto Super Star Cluster -- a Cosmic 'Dinosaur Egg' About to Hatch
Globular clusters – dazzling agglomerations of up to a million ancient stars – are among the oldest objects in the universe. Though plentiful in an…
2015.05.08
ALMA Cycle 3 call for proposals attracts record number of applications
The ALMA Observatory’s Early Science Cycle 3 has attracted 1,582 proposals for observation time submitted by the international scientific community durin…
2015.04.22
New Video Released "ALMA Receiver Development -Receiver Mechanism-"
We are pleased to announce the release of a new video on the development of ALMA. In a radio telescope, radio waves from the universe are reflected by the ante…
2015.04.13
Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System: Hints that Prebiotic Chemistry Is Universal
For the first time, astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a yo…
2015.04.07
Unprecedented views of lensed galaxy and asteroid Juno taken with ALMA
Astronomers obtained unprecedentedly sharp images of a distant galaxy SDP.81 and an asteroid Juno with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA…
2015.03.31
ALMA Disentangles Complex Birth of Giant Stars
Overview A research group led by Aya Higuchi, a researcher at Ibaraki University, conducted observations of the massive-star forming region IRAS 16547-4247 w…
2015.03.17
ALMA Opens For Public Visits
ALMA’s Operations Support Facility will open its doors to the public for the first time on 29 March 2015, offering members of the public a rare opportuni…
2015.03.13
Lunch Box for ALMA Staff Working at AOS
In ALMA, there are staff members working at a high-altitude site called Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 meters for the maintenance activities of observing …
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NAOJ and KASI Sign ALMA Collaboration MoU Amendment
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NAOJ Director General Mamoru Doi (left) and KASI President Jang-Hyun Park (right) (credit: KASI). The National Astronom…
