Students are always very curious to know what the life of an ALMA worker is like. Not only to learn about the discoveries we make. Under this premise, Henry Tapia, Mechanical and HVAC Technics, visited five third grade classes of a school in Quilpué where his granddaughter studies. Through posters, videos, didactic games, and links to the ALMA Kids...
After 10 years of operation there are systems that need to be rethought and adjusted to new technologies due to obsolescence problems. One of the most critical areas is the real-time controller (known as ABMs): there are about 80 such controllers distributed throughout the observatory. To address this challenge, a funding of $CLP 200M was granted by ANID (Chilean...
The OSF became a sporting stage during November, as it hosted the 13th edition of the Olympics, which for the first time were held internally with the participation and enthusiasm of all ALMA staff and contractors.The registered colleagues gathered at the residence to demonstrate their talents and skills in pool, chess and ping pong competitions. Meanwhile, the multi-purpose court...
In these almost 10 years of history, we advance our JAO Culture by recognizing ALMA - JAO colleagues who best represent the values of our organization. Each of us (LSM and ISM) is invited to nominate a colleague, justifying why we believe that person should be highlighted. It is only through our participation that this long-awaited recognition becomes meaningful...
After the world's attention was drawn to the first image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, ALMA is attracting more and more interest.On May 18, we received three press agencies at ALMA: Reuters and France Press (AFP), as well as correspondents from the Spanish newspaper El País. Check out some of the publications left...
During the press conference held yesterday at SCO at the same time as at five other locations around the planet, the astronomers in charge of revealing the image of the colossal black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy stressed that without ALMA these results would not have been possible.The secret The revelation of this image was...