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Planet Uranus as seen with ALMA's Band 10 receivers.
ALMA Achieves New Observing Capabilities: High Frequency Vision Shows Uranus in New Light
September 10, 2014 at 4:00 pm | Announcement

ALMA reached a major milestone by extending its vision fully into the realm of the submillimeter.

H-ATLAS J142935.3-002836
Merging Galaxies in Distant Universe
August 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm | News Release

ALMA and VLA team up with other observatories for best view ever of merging galaxies in the distant Universe.

ALMA employees
First of ALMA’s Fleet of Front End Handling Vehicles Delivered, Compliments of NRAO
August 25, 2014 at 1:22 pm | Announcement

NRAO has delivered the first of ALMA’s four new Front End Handling Vehicles (FEHV).

Signing Ceremony Attendees
Japan and Republic of Korea Sign Agreement on ALMA
August 20, 2014 at 1:00 pm | Announcement

Korea officially joins in the East Asia ALMA consortium.

Comet ISON
Comets Forge Molecules in Their Dusty Atmospheres
August 11, 2014 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Scientists using ALMA probed the atmospheres of comets ISON and Lemmon providing important insights into how and where comets forge new chemicals, including intriguing organic compounds.

ALMA observation of Pluto and Charon
ALMA Pinpoints Pluto to Help Guide NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft
August 5, 2014 at 5:00 pm | News Release

ALMA took a detailed look at the dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon to help guide NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

ALMA data of HK Tau
Young Binary Star System May Form Planets with Weird and Wild Orbits
July 30, 2014 at 5:00 pm | News Release

While surveying a series of binary stars with ALMA, astronomers uncovered a pair of misaligned planet-forming disks around the young binary star HK Tau.

ALMA antenna
Final ALMA Antenna Arrives on the Chajnantor Plateau
June 16, 2014 at 3:30 pm | Announcement

The 66th and final ALMA antenna has completed its long journey and arrived on the Chajnantor Plateau in Northern Chile.

Artist Conception of GRB 020819B
Gigantic Explosion Buried in Dust: ALMA Probes Environment around Gamma Ray Bursts
June 11, 2014 at 5:00 pm | News Release

Researchers using ALMA report the first-ever detection of molecular gas — the fuel for star formation — in two galaxies that were previously rocked by gamma ray bursts.

ALMA maser team
ALMA Upgrade to Supercharge Event Horizon Telescope, Astronomy’s ‘Killer App’
June 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Upgrade to ALMA soon will help astronomers make the first images of a black hole as part of the Event Horizon Telescope.

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