What are ALMA future science goals?
Nobody interested in science and the Universe could ignore the existence of black holes and protoplanetary discs. Do you know about these discs? In the last ten years, ALMA has changed how we view the...
19 Apr 20243min
Did the Observatory shut down over the Pandemic?
Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic was a problem for all humankind, and its effects were seen in almost any imaginable aspect. Consequently, how did COVID-19 affect ALMA's functionality? Was there a s...
12 Apr 20243min
Who works at ALMA?
We have discussed widely the technologies and processes that made ALMA possible. Nevertheless, there could be no observatory if there were not people from more than 20 countries and many disciplines w...
5 Apr 20243min
What's an ALMA fellow?
In the previous episodes of ALMA's Little Universe, we have described the technologies and many of the processes and labors that made the observatory's operations possible. Nevertheless, we have not s...
29 Mar 20242min
What kind of data does ALMA produce?
In this episode of ALMA's Little Universe, we will deepen our knowledge about how the raw data collected through the telescope becomes images intelligible by the human eye.How does the binary code inf...
22 Mar 20243min
Where does the data go after observation?
How do the raw data collected from the antennas become images from distant galaxies? In this episode, Drew Brisbin and Chin-Shin Chang, two scientists from the Science Archive Content Management, will...
15 Mar 20243min
What happens in the Control Room?
Though most engineering and technical works of ALMA occur during the daytime, astronomical observations can run day and night since the telescope is sensible to radio waves, which do not interfere wit...
8 Mar 20243min
Why are there medical tests before going to the high site?
ALMA's 66 antennas are located in the Array Operation Site (or AOS for short), a 40-minute drive from the observatory's camp. As AOS is 5,000 meters above sea level, anyone working there must be subje...
1 Mar 20243min
