2024.04.22
A Young ALMA Researcher Won Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT
A young ALMA researcher, Dr. Takuma Izumi at NAOJ received the Young Scientists’ Award, 2024 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Educati…
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2022.03.30
Takuya Hashimoto at the University of Tsukuba receives the 2021 PASJ Excellent Paper Award for his research using the ALMA Telescope
A research article led by Dr. Takuya Hashimoto at the University of Tsukuba has received the 2021 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Excellent P…
2021.07.06
People Working for ALMA (6) Interview with Administrative Staff Working at the NAOJ Santiago Office
The NAOJ Chile has an office in Santiago, the capital of the Republic of Chile. The office is operated with support of the staff members who are in charge of a…
2021.06.16
Two Young ALMA Researchers Won Commendation for Science and Technology by MEXT
Two young ALMA researchers, Dr. Takafumi Kojima at NAOJ and Dr. Takuya Hashimoto at University of Tsukuba received the Young Scientists’ Award, 2021 Commendati…
2021.04.09
NAOJ Young Researchers Award Given to Chat Hull at the NAOJ Chile
The NAOJ Young Researchers Award was established in 2018 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of NAOJ. The award aims to encourage young researchers at NAOJ who…
2021.02.08
People Working for ALMA (5) Interview with an Astronomer Working at the Santiago Office of the Joint ALMA Observatory
The ALMA telescope, located at the 5,000-m highlands in the Atacama Desert, is remotely operated from the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2,900 m abo…
2020.11.11
People Working for ALMA (4) Interview with a Front-Line Astronomer Working in the ALMA Control Room
ALMA, located at the 5,000-m highlands in Chile, is remotely operated from the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 2,900 m above sea level. Over 100 peop…
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…
2019.08.30
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…
2019.07.22
Associate Professor Alvaro Gonzalez Wins 8th NINS Young Researcher Award
Alvaro Gonzalez, an associate professor and East Asia ALMA Project Manager at the NAOJ ALMA Project won the 8th National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) …
2019.05.08
Chilean Senate Distinguishes ALMA For 1st Image of Black Hole
The Honorable Senate of Chile invited representatives from the ALMA observatory to its session held today, April 17, in recognition of its role in obtaining t…
2018.12.19
NAOJ ATC Researcher Takafumi Kojima Wins 2018 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Japan Young Engineer Award
Takafumi Kojima, a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Advanced Technology Center (NAOJ ATC) engaged in the development of a new recei…
2018.09.25
People Working for ALMA (3) Visualize the invisibles: Professional in Data Analysis to Create Image from Radio Data
ALMA is used by astronomers all over the world. After ALMA observations have been carried out, the data is firstly processed by experts from the ALMA Support C…
2018.09.13
Alvaro Gonzalez to become New East Asia ALMA Project Manager
Alvaro Gonzalez, an associate professor at NAOJ, will become new East Asia ALMA Project Manager as of October 1, 2018, taking over the position of the current …
2018.07.24
The 1st NAOJ Young Researchers Award Given to Associate Professor Shin'ichiro Asayama at the NAOJ Chile Observatory
On July 5, 2018, at the Hitotshubashi Hall, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) held a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fo…
2018.04.27
PASJ Excellent Paper Award Given to Research Work based on ALMA Data
The 2017 PASJ Excellent Paper Award was given to Misato Fukagawa (Nagoya University) et al. for the excellence of their published research paper. The award is …
2018.03.23
Minami Takano Receives Tokyo City University Alumni Association Award
Minami Takano, a senior at the Faculty of Knowledge Engineering, Tokyo City University won the Tokyo City University Alumni Association Award for her remarkabl…
2018.03.16
ACA Correlator Development Video Released
NAOJ Chile Observatory produced a short video introducing the development of the ACA Correlator “Mission to Process Huge Amounts of Data in Real Time Developme…
2018.03.13
NAOJ Director General’s Awards Given to Two Research Groups at NAOJ Chile Observatory
The 2017 NAOJ Director General’s awards were given to the following two groups at the NAOJ Chile Observatory for their remarkable achievements at NAOJ. Resear…
2018.03.05
People Working for ALMA (2) Computing Work Connects Machines as well as People
ALMA produces huge amounts of observation data from gigantic hardware systems. Remarkable ALMA results achieved by astronomers are always supported by ALMA com…
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2024 12.13
ALMA Reveals the Birthplace of a Planetary System: dust accumulation to form a new planet outside just-formed planets
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully observed a site of planet formation by detecti…
2024 10.8
Space oddity: Most distant rotating disc galaxy found
This article is a revised version. Please check the original press release by the European South Observatory here. This…
2024 10.4
Professor Fukagawa Named to Forbes JAPAN’s "Women in Tech 30" 2024
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In the November 2024 issue of Forbes JAPAN, Professor Misato Fukagawa, who serves as the East Asia Operations Manager o…
