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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) by night

Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two companion galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy, can be seen as bright smudges in the night sky, in the centre of the photograph.

Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)

The ALMA Observatory, in collaboration with its partners, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomical Observatory (NSF NRAO) of the United States, announce the opening of the Cycle 12 Call for Proposals, inviting the scientific community to submit observing projects for the period from October 1st, 2025, to September 30th, 2026.

The application process began Thursday, March 20th, 2025, at 15:00 UTC, and researchers will have until Thursday, April 24th, 2025, at 15:00 UTC to submit their proposals.

Read the full story at the Joint ALMA Observatory’s website.

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