ALMA: acercando la astronomía en el Mes de las Ciencias
As every year, during Science Month we develop an intense agenda of outreach activities, with the purpose of bringing astronomy and understanding of the universe closer to diverse audiences, from students and families to local communities. Through these activities, ALMA reaffirms its commitment to scientific outreach as a bridge...
Inolvidables celebraciones de estos primeros 10 años
During March we celebrated our first decade of ALMA operations. Thus, the OSF and AOS became the first venues for celebrations recognizing our immense work over the last 10 years to enable astronomical research worldwide. Click on the pictures to relive the celebrations!We will keep updating...
“El observatorio tenía mucha mística y todos estábamos más que orgullosos de trabajar aquí”
For Liza, there was no better destination. Her passion for processing data and obtaining wonderful images of objects in the Universe made our observatory the ideal place to work. It was February 2012, and Liza Videla, our Science Archive Content Manager had just arrived at ALMA,...
“He visto crecer a ALMA desde que era un proyecto hasta convertirse en observatorio”
That day, all expectations were set at the port of Antofagasta. The first ALMA antenna had finally arrived in our hands and it was necessary to accompany its transfer to the Vertex hangar at OSF. The television and print media of that October 2007 were in...
Una nueva cara en ALMA: conoce a Catalina Margulis
It was like any other summer day at the beach. The family was having lunch in their apartment, in a dining room overlooking the terrace. They began to talk about the universe, and as the minutes passed, about the existence of aliens and UFOs that could...
Los guardianes de la red
It has been almost four months since we suffered a cyber-attack on our computer system. An emergency that has undoubtedly had an impact on our operations. However, we have now recovered from that event. After 48 days of hard work by our IT team, on December...
Yo recomiendo: Andrea Corvillón, desde el lugar del otro
When we work, we are not alone. Every day we share and collaborate with our colleagues. And each one has a special identity that characterizes him or her. At ALMA, we make sure that these differences are valued and respected. An example of this is Andrea...