A terrestrial volcano is hotter than its surroundings. The same is true for geysers like the ones in Yellowstone National Park in the United States,

Many people eat chicken, cow or pig. Cruel enough, if you think about it. But eating other people is much worse, of course. Eating your

Every breath you take contains a lot of oxygen. Oxygen gas is an important ingredient of our atmosphere. Without it, there would be no human

ALMA maps organic molecules in the ‘coma’ of comet Wirtanen A bright comet passed by the Earth in December, and ALMA has studied it in

Not all families are the same. Some have many children; others just a few. In some cases, families live close together in their home town;

New ALMA observations reveal that the hunt for life beyond Earth is not as easy as some had hoped. Over the past decades, astronomers have

Do you recognize this image? If you are a regular visitor of the ALMA website, you may have seen similar photos before. Yes, this is

Here’s the story of the birth of a massive star. It all starts with a huge cloud of gas and dust. The cloud contracts under

Thirty years ago, astronomers saw a star exploding in a nearby galaxy. Now, using ALMA, they have imaged the huge cloud of dust that resulted

Our planet Earth orbits the Sun. And it’s not alone. Our solar system contains eight planets, many dozens of moons, and countless asteroids, icy ‘dwarf