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Board game “ALMAsteroids”

ALMA is more connected to asteroids than you think. Studying these space rocks is very important if we want to understand our cosmic origins and prevent possible asteroid collisions with Earth. Although the probability is low, it never ceases to exist. ALMA observes millimetric and submillimetric radio waves, capturing images from the radiation produced by…

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Animated Series: “Looking at the Sky with Talma”

The animation series “Looking at the Sky with Talma” seeks to teach how to observe the night sky in an entertaining and colorful way, by the protagonists of the ALMA Observatory children’s mini-website, ALMA Kids. Talma, a curious girl, and the astronomer Mathias, observe the starry night. Mathias teaches Talma to find some visible points…

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Make Your Own Light Box

Have you ever thought about playing with light? It seems crazy but it is possible. You can even enclose the light in a box, in your own light box, and observe its colors there like in a rainbow. Do you want to know how to achieve it? Designer Catalina Rojas, who did an internship with…

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Follow ALMA’s discoveries along with Talma!

We have just launched a new series of chapters sharing the adventures of the stars of ALMA Kids: Talma and her astronomer friend Mathias, who will take you through the discoveries of the largest radio telescope in the world, with simple and entertaining explanations. These new comics are the end product of David Fernández’ internship…

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#WAWUA – Animated Series from ALMA

Can you imagine learning about the mysteries of the Universe through attractive animations? With #WAWUA it is possible! In short episodes, which last two minutes each, this animated series explains how ALMA uses 66 antennas as though they were one single antenna, how it sees the invisible and captures the presence of complex molecules in…

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