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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.

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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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ALMA Observatory Launches Website for Children
May 27, 2014 at 12:33 pm | Announcement

A new ALMA Kids mini website created especially for children is launched.

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The Milky Way Explorer
April 2, 2014 at 11:18 am | Announcement

The latest NRAO Explorer interactive is a tour of our Milky Way Galaxy, with real astronomers as hosts, and provides exciting news about a supermassive black hole that is about the feed on an unlucky cloud of gas.

‘Death Stars’ in Orion Blast Planets before They Even Form
March 10, 2014 at 2:00 pm | News Release

A team of astronomers from Canada and the United States has used the ALMA Telescope to study the often deadly relationship between highly luminous O-type stars and nearby protostars in the Orion Nebula.

Artist concept of collisions in outer parts of a solar system
ALMA Sees Icy Wreckage in Nearby Solar System
March 6, 2014 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the ALMA telescope have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star.

Dwarf galaxy NGC 4395
Dwarf Galaxies Give Clues to Origin of Supermassive Black Holes
January 6, 2014 at 7:40 pm | News Release

Astronomers have found more than 100 small, dwarf galaxies with characteristics indicating that they harbor massive black holes feeding on surrounding gas.

Artist's impression of Supernova 1987A
Supernova’s Super Dust Factory Imaged with ALMA
January 6, 2014 at 3:15 pm | News Release

Galaxies can be remarkably dusty places and supernovas are thought to be a primary source of that dust, especially in the early Universe.

N2D+ ALMA data on artist's impression background
Starless Cloud Cores Reveal Why Some Stars Are Bigger Than Others
December 20, 2013 at 4:00 pm | News Release

Massive stars – those at least 8 times the mass of our Sun – present an intriguing mystery: how…

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