ACEAP – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

ALMA: Visit to an Alien World

Standing at the high site of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is like standing on another world. Sandy gravel…

Last June 2018, a group of astronomy educators, under the auspices of the National Science Foundation’s Astronomy in Chile…

Chajnantor is a name given to a plateau in the high Atacama Desert. In the language of the region’s…

Posted on August 3, 2018March 27, 2019 | By Samara Nagle

If you ever planned a trip to Chile, you already know that the country is one of the best…

Posted on June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 | By Rebecca Ljungren

I have spent my entire life at sea level. From the valleys of Ohio to Washington, D.C., I have…

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