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      • What is ALMA?
        • Is ALMA a telescope?
        • Why are there 66 antennas?
        • What are millimeter waves?
        • Who build ALMA?
      • Where is ALMA?
        • Where is Chajnantor?
        • Why is ALMA so high?
        • Do astronomers live at ALMA?
        • Is there a lot to see?
      • How does ALMA work?
        • How does ALMA see ‘invisible light’?
        • How are ALMA’s antennas connected?
        • How are the antennas moved around?
        • How are ALMA images created?
      • What can you see with ALMA?
        • How do solar explosions work?
        • When were the first galaxies born?
        • How do stars and planets form?
        • Did life originate in space?
    • Discoveries
    • News
    • Multimedia
      • Art Gallery
      • Flora and Fauna Gallery
      • Videos
    • Games
      • Get your own ALMA virtual antenna
      • Create your own Radio Image!
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    • Why are there 66 antennas?

      Have you ever noticed that owls have big eyes? That’s because they live at night. During the dark, you need really big eyes to see

    • Is ALMA a telescope?

      Did you ever try to count the stars in the sky? It’s almost impossible – there’s just too many of them! On a clear, dark

    • Is there a lot to see?

      ALMA is located in the Atacama Desert. When thinking about a desert, you probably imagine a vast, boring stretch of hot sand, with the occasional

    • Do astronomers live at ALMA?

      If you hold your breath for too long, you will die. Your body needs the oxygen in the air. Without getting enough oxygen, you can’t

    • Why is ALMA so high?

      ALMA is the highest observatory in the world. The Chajnantor Plateau, where the 66 ALMA antennas are located, is at five kilometers above sea level.

    • Did life originate in space?

      Did you know that you are made of star stuff? It’s true! Many of the atoms in your body were created in other stars. It’s

    • How do stars and planets form?

      You live on a planet, called Earth. Together with seven other planets, Earth circles around the Sun. As far as we know, Earth is the

    • When were the first galaxies born?

      The Earth is a planet, orbiting the Sun. The Sun is a star – a giant ball of hot gas, emitting light and heat. The

    • How do solar explosions work?

      The Sun is a star. Not many people know that. It’s a star like all the other stars in the night sky. Or, put differently:

    • How are ALMA images created?

      ALMA measures millimeter waves from the sky. These millimeter waves are emitted by cold dust clouds in the Universe. The clouds are so cold that

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