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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
      • ALMA Virtual Tour
      • Flora and Fauna Gallery
      • Children’s songs about the Cosmos
      • Videos
    • Games
      • Get your own ALMA virtual antenna
      • Create your own Radio Image!
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      The two images shown here look like the beautifully colored tails of peacocks, don’t you think? Well, think again. In reality, these are giant clouds

    • ALMA sees two-way traffic around a black hole

      Here’s an easy experiment you can do at home. Fill the kitchen sink with water. Then pull out the plug, and carefully watch how the

    • ALMA sees how matter spirals into a young baby star

      Do you remember the last time you were on a merry-go-round on a playground or a fair? Because of the fast rotation, you felt like

    • One cosmic pretzel for two baby stars

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    • Soap bubbles and jellyfish galaxies

      You probably know how to make soap bubbles. First, you put a ring of plastic or metal into a soap bath, and gently pull it

    • 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.

    • 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

    • 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

    • Massive binary stars are born as real twins

      All people look different from each other. Except identical twins. They have the same eyes, the same nose, the same mouth and the same hair.

    • ALMA uncovers a hidden black hole

      Black holes are the most mysterious objects in the Universe. Their gravity is dangerously strong. They suck in everything that comes too close. Moreover, they

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