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Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Reveals Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze
Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Reveals Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 pm | News Release

A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)—the largest…

ALMA Reveals Lives of Planet-Forming Disks
ALMA Reveals Lives of Planet-Forming Disks
June 13, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Release

An international team of astronomers has unveiled groundbreaking findings about the disks of gas and dust surrounding nearby young…

From Stardust to Stone: Windswept Grains Hold Clues to Planet’s Beginnings
From Stardust to Stone: Windswept Grains Hold Clues to Planet’s Beginnings
June 12, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Release

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered a key piece of the puzzle in how rocky planets, such…

exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed
exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed
April 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm | News Release

A team of international astronomers have embarked on an exciting new project to hunt for planets forming around young…

ALMA Detects First-Ever Hydrogen Recombination Lines From Proplyd Disks in Densely Packed Orion Nebula Cluster
ALMA Detects First-Ever Hydrogen Recombination Lines From Proplyd Disks in Densely Packed Orion Nebula Cluster
April 9, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Release

Most stars form in clusters, where hundreds to thousands of stars coevolve in proximal environmental conditions that dictate how…

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…

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