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Mystery of Star Formation Revealed by Hearts of Molecular Clouds
Data from the world's largest radio telescopes holds clues An international team of astronomers has revealed mysterious star formation at the far edge of the galaxy M83. This research was presented...
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M87* One Year Later: Proof of a persistent black hole shadow
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has released new images of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018....
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A 'heart transplant' has just been conducted at 5.000 meters above sea level in the Chajnantor Plateau: the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully installed a new...
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The Night of Stars returns to Parquemet!
After a long wait, the ALMA Astronomical Observatory and the Santiago Metropolitan Park are pleased to announce the return of the "Night of Stars," an astronomical event that will be held on Saturday,...
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Participate in the ALMA-ESO Open Doors Day
Celebrate Astronomy Day in Chile with a unique and unforgettable experience! The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and its partners, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the...
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Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky...
A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Seen...
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ALMA Unlocks the Chemical Secrets of a Starburst Galaxy
Astronomers observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) the center of a relatively nearby galaxy known as NGC 253, which produces stars at a very high rate. With more than...
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Protecting ALMA's Skies
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), renowned for observing the cosmos's darkest and most distant corners, has taken a step to ensure its observations remain unaffected by...
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Orion's Erupting Star System Reveals Its Secrets
ALMA sheds light on 88-year-old astronomical mystery An unusual group of stars in the Orion constellation have revealed their secrets. FU Orionis, a double star system, first caught astronomers'...
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Results of the Cycle 11 Call for Proposals: Community responded...
Results after closing the Cycle 11 Call for Proposals (CfP) shows the community submitted 1,713 proposals to make observations with ALMA, marking a slight increase from the previous year's Cycle 10...
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ALMA Reveals New Insights into Planet Formation in Binary Systems
At the 244th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting, researchers unveiled groundbreaking findings from a pioneering high-angular resolution program that sheds new light on planet formation in...
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It's Twins! Astronomers Discover Parallel Disks and Jets Erupting from a Pair...
Most of the Universe is invisible to the human eye. The building blocks of stars are only revealed in wavelengths outside the visible spectrum. Astronomers recently used two very different and...
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Supermassive Black Hole Appears to Grow Like a Baby Star
How do supermassive black holes get so big? An international team of astronomers, including scientists at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) have...
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Zooming in on a surprising ring
This Picture shows the distant galaxy PJ0116-24, a so-called Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxy (HyLIRG). HyLIRGs are incredibly bright galaxies, lit up by the extremely rapid star formation within them....
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ALMA is part of the "Mission Moon and Mars" Expo at the MIM
The ALMA astronomical observatory is participating in the fascinating "Mission Moon and Mars" exhibition at the Mirador Interactive Museum, organized by Fundación Astromanía with the support of the...
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10 years after its inauguration, ALMA relaunches ALMA Kids
Did you know that you are made of stardust? Or that the core of the Sun has a temperature of around 15 million degrees Celsius? Kids.alma.cl, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)...
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EHT achieves the highest resolution yet from Earth
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has conducted test observations with the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of the Earth. This feat was achieved by detecting light from...
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Dancing Galaxies Make a Monster at the Cosmic Dawn
Using the combined power of the Subaru Telescope and the ALMA radio telescope, astronomers have discovered a system where two distant galaxies, located 12.8 billion light-years away, are in the...
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ALMA Detects Hallmark “Wiggle” of Gravitational Instability in Planet-Forming...
Interferometry of stunning spiral arms around young star reveals gravity’s hand in planet formation. Traditionally, planet formation has been described as a “bottom-up” process, as dust grains...
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United Nations Secretary-General Visits ALMA
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), one of the largest and most sensitive telescopes of its kind in the world, received a visit from United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António...
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