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      • Who build ALMA?
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      • 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?
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    • Information
      • 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
      • Create your own Radio Image!
      • Make Your Own Light Box
      • Get your own ALMA virtual antenna
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    • How are the antennas moved around?

      The huge array of 66 ALMA antennas is located at the Chajnantor Plateau in the north of Chile, at 5,000 meters altitude. The site is

    • How are ALMA’s antennas connected?

      Your eyes are connected to your brain through thick bundles of nerve cells. These optic nerves transfer the signals from your two retinas to your

    • How does ALMA see ‘invisible light’?

      Look around you. You see the text you are reading right now. You see the room where you’re sitting in. Outside the window, you may

    • 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

    • What are millimeter waves?

      If your ears are good, you can hear very high tones. Children’s ears are usually better than the ears of grown-ups. So you might be

    • Who build ALMA?

      Since Hans Lipperhey built his first cheap telescope in his own workshop, telescopes became larger, and also more expensive. Sometimes, rich businessmen provided the money

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