2014.03.03
All NAOJ ALMA Receivers Shipped Out
On February 18, the NAOJ Advanced Technology Center shipped out the last seven ALMA Band 10 receivers to Chile. This marks the completion of delivery of a tota…
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2014.02.13
Commentary on the press release "A Drastic Chemical Change Occurring in Birth of Planetary System: Has the Solar System also Experienced it?"
Written by Masaaki Hiramatsu, the Education and Public Outreach Officer at NAOJ Chile Observatory Stars are formed by the contraction of interstellar gas an…
2014.02.13
A Drastic Chemical Change Occurring in Birth of Planetary System: Has the Solar System also Experienced it?
A star is formed by gravitational contraction of interstellar gas (mostly H2) and dust. Even after the birth of a protostar (a baby star), the gas and dust …
2014.02.03
Star Watching Party at Santiago Japanese School
On January 23, the Santiago Japanese School (with 35 students) held a two-day summer camp in Santiago, Chile. About 20 students in the first to fourth grades s…
2014.01.17
ALMA Discovers a Formation Site of a Giant Planetary System
Abstract A team of Japanese astronomers has obtained a firm evidence of formation of a giant planetary system around a young star by the observations with th…
2014.01.10
Youngest protoplanetary disk discovered with ALMA
Planets form in disks around their host protostar, but when and how disks form is still an unanswered question. ALMA observations by a team of astronomers led …
2014.01.07
Panoramic View of ALMA Telescope
Standing on the ALMA high site, we are overwhelmed by a vast expanse of the plateau of the Atacama Desert. Some people have impressions as if they are on Mars …
2014.01.07
ALMA Spots Supernova Dust Factory
Striking new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope capture, for the first time, the remains of a recent supernova…
2013.12.27
Completion of the ALMA Receiver Development
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) achieved a major milestone in the construction of ALMA. In December 2013, NAOJ successfully completed the dev…
2013.12.19
Good Design Special Award Ceremony 2013
The Good Design Special Award Ceremony 2013 was held by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) at The Ritz Carlton, Tokyo. Tetsuo Hasegawa, Director of …
2013.12.18
ALMA Cycle 2 call for proposals attracts record number of applications
The ALMA Observatory’s Early Science Cycle 2 has attracted 1,382 proposals for observation time submitted by the international scientific community durin…
2013.12.04
Venus and Antennas at OSF
Venus (known as “the evening star”) is shining brightly in the dusk at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF at 2900 meters altitude) with litt…
2013.11.26
Comet ISON Captured at ALMA OSF
Comet ISON approaching the sun was captured at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF at 2900 m above sea level). The photo taken by a digital single-lens r…
2013.11.22
ALMA and Hubble Observations Probe a Giant Blob, Himiko, Seen Close to Cosmic Dawn
Combining the capabilities of two powerful telescopes, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have e…
2013.11.07
ALMA Morita Array Wins "Good Design Gold Award 2013"
ALMA Morita Array, developed by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), received Good Design Gold Award at the Good Design Award 2013 sponsored …
2013.11.01
Successful Interferometer Test with Japanese Band 10 Receiver—Birth of Highest Frequency Radio Interferometer
On October 26 (Chilean Time), the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) successfully detected interference fringes from Callisto (a satellite of Jupiter) and Orion KL a…
2013.10.30
ALMA Booth at the Good Design Exhibition 2013
From October 30 through November 4, “Good Design Exhibition 2013” is held in Tokyo Midtown. The Morita Array is introduced at the exhibition of Goo…
2013.10.24
Unique Chemical Composition Surrounding Supermassive Black Hole—A Step toward Development of New Black Hole Exploration Method
An international research team led by Takuma Izumi, a second-year master’s student of science at the University of Tokyo, and Kotaro Kohno, a professor…
2013.10.21
Mitaka Open House Day 2013
On October 18 and 19, the NAOJ Open House Day 2013 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. This year’s event featured the ALMA Telescope, which started full …
2013.10.16
ALMA Probes Mysteries of Jets from Giant Black Holes
Two international teams of astronomers have used the power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to focus on jets from the huge black hole…
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