2020.01.16
The Turbulent Life of Two Supermassive Black Holes Caught in a Galaxy Crash
ALMA sees material around two growing supermassive black holes in unprecedented detail. NGC 6240 as seen with ALMA (top) and the Hubble Space Telescope (bottom…
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2020.01.10
ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting 2019
From December 18 through 19, 2019, ALMA/45m/ASTE Users Meeting was held at the NAOJ Mitaka campus. The meeting was attended by 109 users of ALMA, the Nobeyama …
2019.12.27
ALMA Spots Most Distant Dusty Galaxy Hidden in Plain Sight
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen only 970 million years after the Big …
2019.12.23
Massive Gas Disk Raises Questions about Planet Formation Theory
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found a young star surrounded by an astonishing mass of gas. The star, called 49 Ceti…
2019.12.19
NAOJ and NICT Sign Comprehensive Collaboration Agreement
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) signed a comprehensive col…
2019.12.16
Carbon Cocoons Surround Growing Galaxies – ALMA Spots Earliest Environment Pollution in the Universe -
Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young galaxies using the Atacama Large M…
2019.12.05
ALMA Witness Planet Formation in Action
For the first time, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have witnessed 3D motions of gas in a planet-forming disk. At thr…
2019.11.21
Feeding a Baby Star through a Whirlpool in Space
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) detected a pair of spiral arms in an accretion disk around a baby star. Interestingly…
2019.11.18
ALMA Reveals Origin of Mysterious Blast: AT2018cow originated from supernova in a strongly-magnetized, dense environment
The origin of the cosmic explosion “AT2018cow” discovered on June 16, 2018 is still controversial; it could have originated from a tidal disruption or from a s…
2019.11.14
Two Cosmic Peacocks show Violent History of the Magellanic Clouds
Two peacock-shaped gaseous clouds were revealed in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA…
2019.11.05
Mitaka Open House Day 2019
On Saturday, October 26, Mitaka Open House Day 2019 was held at the NAOJ Mitaka Campus. The open house day is an annual event to open the NAOJ research facilit…
2019.10.29
ALMA resumes regular operations
The management team at the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) have decided to return to regular operations over the next few days, with regular work shifts and scien…
2019.10.23
ALMA Prioritizes Employees’ Safety and Reduces Science Operations
Late last week, a decision to increase metro fares in Santiago metropolitan area triggered protest in Santiago, which have spread to other areas in Chile. Thes…
2019.10.18
A Cosmic Pretzel
Astronomers using ALMA have obtained an extremely high-resolution image showing two disks in which young stars are growing, fed by a complex pretzel-shaped net…
2019.10.15
ALMA explores a Cosmic Jellyfish
Using the detailed eyes of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have mapped the intense ta…
2019.10.11
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to ALMA Staff for the First Black Hole Picture
The 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to a group of scientists for the achievement made by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) that succ…
2019.10.09
Rarest form of CO Provides Hint to the Birth of Planets around Young Star
Astronomers have discovered the rarest stable carbon monoxide isotope molecule, 13C17O, in the dust and gas disk around a young star usin…
2019.10.04
Massive Filaments Fuel the Growth of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
An international group of scientists led by the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research has used observations from the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) a…
2019.09.13
Nobeyama Radio Observatory Open Campus 2019
In the pleasant sunny weather, the NAOJ Nobeyama Radio Observatory Open Campus 2019 was held in Nobeyama on Saturday, August 24. Reflecting the sun, shining wh…
2019.08.30
NAOJ Director General’s Awards Given to Two ALMA-Related Groups
A ceremony for the 2018 NAOJ Director General’s Awards was held at NAOJ Mitaka Campus on July 30th, 2018. This year, the two awards were given for remarkable a…
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2022 11.22
INTERNATIONAL TEAM OBSERVES INNERMOST STRUCTURE OF QUASAR JET
At the heart of nearly every galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole. But not all supermassive black holes are alike: th…
2022 11.21
ALMA Update on the Recovery from Cyberattack
On October 29, 2022, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) suffered a cyberattack on its computer sys…
2022 11.2
ALMA Services Affected by Cyberattack
Last Saturday, October 29, at 6:14 AM, the ALMA observatory in Chile suffered a cyberattack on its computer systems, fo…
