The PDD 2024 Process Has Concluded! Reflect and Grow with ALMA
We have successfully concluded the Performance and Development Dialogues (PDD) 2024 cycle, providing a valuable opportunity to reflect on achievements, learn from challenges, and plan the professional future of each team member. The PDD is not just an isolated conversation but an ongoing practice that fosters meaningful dialogue between...
“Space” to grow: our Continuing Education Program scholarship recipients
The world of science and astronomy is a world of change, where there is always much to learn, and therefore it is essential to continue training. In recognition of the contribution that each one of us makes to the observatory, every year we award scholarships from...
5 years, 5 milestones: The first five years of Black Hole imaging
Today marks 5 years since we were part of the revelation to the world of the first image of a black hole. A work carried out by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (EHT), of which several radio astronomy centres around the world are part, and which...
Yoga: A different kind of work break
Many people may not know it, but at SCO we have a kind of "sanctuary". It is a special place where anyone can take a different kind of break, giving their day a break, and changing their seat for a yoga mat. This ancient oriental discipline...
ALMA for all: Our Open House 2024
Day by day, and year by year, we strive to obtain and generate transformational science. But none of this is worthwhile if it is not shared with everyone. To commemorate Astronomy Day, celebrated every 21 March, we open our doors of SCO and ESO, so that...
Closing the gap: our PROVOCA mentors
Female representation in astronomy is a challenge worldwide, but when we look at Chilean women working in areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), the scenario is even more adverse. And that is the mission of PROVOCA, a programme created in 2018 by AUI/NRAO that...
A decade at infinity: The best of our 10 years
This March 13 marks the culmination of the celebration of our first decade of full operations, 11 years since ALMA was inaugurated. A period that has marked not only the entire scientific community and radio astronomy worldwide, but also, of course, those who lived these first...