Radio Observatory

ALMA — Atacama Large Millimeter Array

ALMA is an array of 66 high-precision antennas on the Chano de Chajnantor plateau in Chile at 5,058 m altitude — the highest major observatory on Earth. Operating at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths, ALMA observes the cold, dusty u

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