Sentences with phrase «submillimeter array»

In 2006, scientists using the Submillimeter Array discovered that Pluto's temperature is about 43 K (− 230 °C), 10 K colder than would otherwise be expected.

A powerful new array of radio telescopes is being deployed for the first time this week, as the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile joins a global network of antennas poised to make some of the highest resolution images that astronomers have ever obtained.

Finally, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) proposed the construction of a Large Millimeter / Submillimeter Array (LMSA), which considered the same amount of antennas as ESO, but with a 10 - meter diameter, and unlike the others, it also planned to receive submillimeter wavelengths.

The largest today is ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array) located in Chile and has 66 dishes.

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered that planets orbiting the star Fomalhaut must be much smaller than originally thought.

A new image of the center of the distinctive galaxy Centaurus A, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows how the new observato...

High resolution observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) imaged a rotating dusty gas torus around an active supermassive black...

Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of ESO, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.

A new connectivity infrastructure that will allow the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array) observatory to increase its data transmission capacity by more than 25 times begins construction today, thanks to the signing of a contract for optical connectivity between Associated Universities Inc. (AUI), on behalf of ALMA, and two Chilean companies: Silica Networks Chile S.A. and Telefónica Empresas Chile S.A.

Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) took an impressive image of V1247 Orionis, a young, hot star surrounded by a dynamic ring of gas and dust,...

Consequently, in 1999, Europe and North America signed a Memorandum of Understanding, and two years later in Tokyo a resolution was signed to support the joint intent to construct the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) between Europe, North America and Japan.

This is a current image from ALMA, taken from a webcam near the center of the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau.

They began discussing how SAP HANA could be used to address the Big Data challenges presented by the massive telescopes like SKA and the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array in Chile, where Dr. Henning worked.

When we were trying this with The Submillimeter Array in Hawaii — which has only eight antennas, each only half the size as the ones at ALMA — we were observing each galaxy for a couple of hours.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers obtained a critical clue to an underlying problem: how are widely separated twin stars formed?

The blobby image at the top of this article is from the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array radio telescope, which sees the radio waves emitted from the cold worlds, and can get more precise positions for them.

Combining the capabilities of two powerful telescopes, the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have explored the nature of a mysterious huge object called «Himiko» in the early universe.

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ALMA, or the Atacama Large Millimeter / Submillimeter Array, is a system of antennas that sits 16,000 feet above sea level over the Atacama Desert in the Andes Mountains in Chile.

Based on modeling of the foreground galaxy and observations made by the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array in Chile, the researchers calculated that the mysterious light source is only lightly magnified, and therefore big.

Using the awesome power of the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, an international team of astronomers discovered the presence of methyl isocyanate in the triple star system IRAS 16293 - 2422, located around 400 light - years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

The Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most ambitious radio astronomy observatory ever built, is announcing the first opportunity for the worldwide astronomical community to submit proposals for new scientific observations.

Over 200 astronomers from all around the world have gathered in Indian Wells, California, U.S.A. to participate in the «Half a Decade of ALMA: Cosmic Dawns Transformed» conference held between September 20 and 23 and organized by the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) and its partners: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

A research group led by Anne Dutrey from the Laboratory of Astrophysics of Bordeaux, France and CNRS used the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe the distribution of dust and gas in a multiple - star system called GG Tau - A [1].

By studying these stars, and using additional telescope facilities such as the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the study will provide new and unique insight into the timescale for the formation of stars and planets, including whether planets form during or after the assembly of the star.

With the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) observation, astronomers led by Shigehisa Takakuwa, Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (ASIAA), Taiwan, found spiral arms of molecular gas and dust around the «baby twin» stars, binary protostars.

The research team, led by Shigehisa Takakuwa, used the ALMA telescope to observe the baby - twin star L1551 NE [1], located in the constellation of Taurus at a distance of 460 light years, with a 1.6 times better imaging resolution and a 6 times better sensitivity than those of their previous observations with the SubMillimeter Array (SMA).

Overview With the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) observation, astronomers led by Shigehisa Takakuwa, Associate Research Fellow at the In...

Already in operation is the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in northern Chile.

Six of the Band 9 receiver cartridges delivered by NOVA (the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy) under contract to ESO for the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array project.

Combining the capabilities of two powerful telescopes, the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have e...

NANOCOSMOS takes advantage of the new observational capabilities (increased angular resolution) of the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) to unveil the physical and chemical conditions in the dust formation zone of evolved stars.

A research team led by Bunyo Hatsukade, a postdoc researcher, and Kouji Ohta, a professor, both from the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, revealed that approximately 80 % of the unidentifiable millimeter wave signals from the universe is actually emitted from galaxies, based on the observations with ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array).

New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), however, have uncovered the surprisingly clear chemical «fingerprints» of the complex organic molecules methanol, dimethyl ether, and methyl formate.

A new high - definition camera has been installed at the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), providing a 24/7 interactive view of the telescope &...

The new image from ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array, reveals extraordinarily fine...

Planetary body 2014 UZ224, also known as DeeDee (short for «distant dwarf»), has been getting a lot of attention from a team of scientists who've observed it using the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile.

New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile show that the planet, located about 550 light - years away from Earth in the constellation Chamaeleon, is surrounded by a protoplanet - like disk of gas and dust — which is a distinctive feature of young stars, not planets.

Isella and his team used the new Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile to detect information invisible to optical telescopes.

Observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) show that the most vigorous bursts of star birth in the cosmos took place much earl...

Credit: NAOJ; Fig 3: The Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO), R. Hills.

A new high - definition camera has been installed at the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), providing a 24/7 interactive view of the telescope's mountain home at 16,500 feet above sea level.The new camera provides a live 360 - degree view of the activities at ALMA's «high site» throughout the year and can be used interactively to explore the site in all directions in exquisite detail.

Now, researchers have depicted a monstrous galaxy near the edge of the charted Universe with unprecedented detail using the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) with the assistance of a «natural telescope» known as a gravitational lens.

The Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) is pleased to announce that the process to restore full operational conditions will start on Monday Sep...

A research team led by Tomoya Hirota (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan: NAOJ) discovered a hot circumstellar disk around a massive protostar by using the Atacama Large Millimeter / Submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA)[1].

Using the new Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array, a team led by Peter Williams discovered an emission frequency of 95 GHz.

The Hilo symposia will include Akamai student interns working at the Institute for Astronomy, Subaru Telescope, Gemini Observatory and Smithsonian Submillimeter Array.

Figure: Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes.

On 13 March 2013 the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA)- the largest ground - based astronomical project in the world - will be inaugurated, marking the transition from construction project to fully fledged observatory.

Second, together with our international partners, NSF provides the tools that astronomers need to make precision measurements of planetary systems; the newly inaugurated Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) can study planets in the act of formation, while the Gemini Observatory is poised for new exoplanet discoveries with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) that will be commissioned in the next year.