Artist Impression of salt in protoplanetary disk
A combined ALMA and VLA image of the galactic center

ALMA Sees Stars Forming Near Galaxy Core

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have discovered signs of star formation perilously close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Artist's conception of ALMA

World-Wide Effort Bringing ALMA Telescope Into Reality

In the thin, dry air of northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 16,500 feet, an amazing new telescope system is taking shape, on schedule to provide the world’s astronomers with unprecedented views of the origins of stars, galaxies, and planets.