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A New Opportunity to Explore the Universe
A New Opportunity to Explore the Universe
April 2, 2025 at 11:08 am | News Release

The ALMA Observatory, in collaboration with its partners, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the European Southern Observatory…

Black Hole Jets Reveal New Insights into the Most Powerful Phenomena in the Universe
Black Hole Jets Reveal New Insights into the Most Powerful Phenomena in the Universe
March 24, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Feature

An international team of astronomers has made significant strides in understanding the mysterious jets emanating from supermassive black holes…

Astronomers Discover “Space Tornadoes” Around the Milky Way’s Core
Astronomers Discover “Space Tornadoes” Around the Milky Way’s Core
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

Swirling through the Milky Way’s central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core…

Hidden Cosmic Fuel Tank Found in Infant Galaxy Cluster
Hidden Cosmic Fuel Tank Found in Infant Galaxy Cluster
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have…

Image showing an active M dwarf star, Proxima Centuari, in red with many star spots, ejecting a large stellar flare in yellow and white. Proxima Centauri b, a small Earth-like planet is seen in the distant right of the image.
Small Star, Mighty Flares: ALMA Shares New View of Proxima Centauri
March 17, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known…

Double the Disks, Double the Discovery: New Insights into Planet Formation in DF Tau
Double the Disks, Double the Discovery: New Insights into Planet Formation in DF Tau
January 16, 2025 at 10:15 am | News Release

Tucked away in a star-forming region in the Taurus constellation, a pair of circling stars are displaying some unexpected…

Young Stars in the Milky Way’s Backyard Challenge Our Understanding of How They Form
Young Stars in the Milky Way’s Backyard Challenge Our Understanding of How They Form
January 15, 2025 at 2:15 pm | News Release

Astronomers have made groundbreaking discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb…

ALMA and the Event Horizon Telescope: Moving Towards a Close-Up of a Black Hole and its Jets
ALMA and the Event Horizon Telescope: Moving Towards a Close-Up of a Black Hole and its Jets
December 17, 2024 at 8:00 am | News Release

After taking the first images of black holes, the ground-breaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is poised to reveal how…

ALMA Reveals Planets Can Form Under Harsh Radiation
ALMA Reveals Planets Can Form Under Harsh Radiation
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 am | News Release

New observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) suggest that planet formation can occur even in harsh stellar…

Photo of the moon-illuminated ALMA radio telescope array with stars in the background.
ALMA Observes More Than Ever Before
October 14, 2024 at 9:00 am | News Release

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is thrilled to announce that a record-breaking total of 4,250 hours of science-quality…

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