Atacama Large Millimiter/submillimeter Array

Atacama Large Millimiter/submillimeter Array
Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks

Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks

 Data Observatory Members Celebrate First Year of Operations with visit to ALMA

Data Observatory Members Celebrate First Year of Operations with visit to ALMA

 The Turbulent Life of Two Supermassive Black Holes Caught in a Galaxy Crash

The Turbulent Life of Two Supermassive Black Holes Caught in a Galaxy Crash

 UFRO will evaluate alternatives for antenna control systems for ALMA

UFRO will evaluate alternatives for antenna control systems for ALMA

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ALMA Spots Earliest Environment Pollution in the Universe

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  • ALMA, a worldwide collaboration

  • The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an international partnership of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan, together with NRC (Canada), NSC and ASIAA (Taiwan), and KASI (Republic of Korea), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. ALMA -the largest astronomical project in existence- is a single telescope of revolutionary design, composed of 66 high precision antennas located on the Chajnantor plateau, 5000 meters altitude in northern Chile.