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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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…
2018.11.22
ALMA’s Highest Frequency Receiver produces its First Scientific Result on Massive Star Formation
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has opened another new window to the Universe. Using its highest frequency receivers yet, researchers o…
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…
2018.03.05
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…
2018.01.19
Development of New Spectrometer for Morita Array Approved by ALMA Board
In November 2017, the ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array designed and developed by Japan for the ALMA telescope. Th…
2017.11.27
Alvaro Gonzalez Wins “IEEE RADIO 2017 Young Scientist Award”
In September 2017, Alvaro Gonzalez, an assistant professor at the NAOJ Chile Observatory, won the Young Scientist Award at the IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of t…
2017.10.02
High-Sensitivity Radio Telescope and Supercomputer for Astronomy Selected as IEICE Milestone
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) selected as IEICE Milestone the high-sensitivity radio telescope and the supercom…
2017.05.09
People Working for ALMA (1) Spectacular Scene Like an SF Movie: Interview with Professional Operators of Giant Transporters
ALMA is an international project in cooperation with 22 countries and regions where several hundreds of people from various fields are working together as a te…
2017.04.10
ACA Total Power Array Spectrometer PDR
On February 20 and 21, 2017, two-day ALMA ACA Total Power (TP) Array Spectrometer Preliminary Design Review (PDR) was held at the Korea Astronomy and Space Sci…
2016.12.21
First Light for Band 5 at ALMA
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile has begun observing in a new range of the electromagnetic spectrum. This has been made possibl…
2016.07.06
ALMA to Increase its Capacity with Band 1 Receiver
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Board officially approved the production of Band 1 receiver developed by an international team led by t…
2014.09.11
ALMA Achieves New High Frequency Observing Capabilities: Shows Planet Uranus in New Light
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…
2013.06.27
Successful ALMA First Radio Imaging with Japanese Band 4 Receiver
ALMA telescope successfully captured its first radio image with Band 4 receiver developed by Japan in an ALMA test observation conducted in January 2013. The t…
2013.05.07
Final ACA Antenna Delivered with the new name "Morita Array"
The twelfth 7-m antenna developed by Japan was delivered to the high site in Chajnantor on April 29, 2013. Now all the 16 antennas of the Atacama Compact Arr…
2013.03.14
ALMA Inauguration Heralds New Era of Discovery -- Revolutionary telescope will enable unprecedented views of the cosmos
On March 13th, in a remote part of the Chilean Andes, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), was inaugurated at an official ceremony. This …
2012.11.21
First Spectrum Detected with Japanese Band 10 Receiver
On November 10 (Chilean Time), Band 10 receiver manufactured by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan successfully received radio waves from a celesti…
2012.11.09
45 Antennas at AOS
Another European 12-m antenna arrived at the Array Operations Site (AOS) at 5000 m asl. This brought the number of antennas at the AOS to 45. This photo was ta…
2012.11.02
Successful Interferometer Test with Band 4 Receivers & Four 7-m Antennas
On October 8 (Chilean Time), interference fringes were successfully detected in an interferometer test conducted with Band 4 receivers developed by NAOJ on fou…
2012.09.14
Successful Interferometer Test with Band 8 Receiver & Three 7-m Antennas
From September 13 through 14 (Chilean Time), an interferometer test was conducted with a Band 8 receiver developed by NAOJ and three Japanese 7-m antennas, and…
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2019 12.5
ALMA Witness Planet Formation in Action
For the first time, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have witnessed 3D motions…
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 accretio…
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 origin…
