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New Discoveries
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What goes on beneath Jupiter’s clouds?
Do you like watching the clouds? It’s a pleasing pastime. If you have enough imagination, the clouds above your head sometimes resemble faces or animals.
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ALMA puts a black hole on the scale
How do you weigh a black hole? For a person, it’s easy. You just step upon a scale and read off your weight. But no
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ALMA finds large numbers of massive galaxies in the early universe
Imagine that you’re on an open field in the middle of the night. In the distance is the edge of a dark forest. Using your
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Learn with Talma
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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
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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
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Where is Chajnantor?
ALMA is the biggest astronomical observatory on Earth. It was built by countries in North America, Europe and East Asia. You might expect that ALMA