The water cycle in ALMA: every drop counts
In the world's driest desert, water is a critical resource. At ALMA, every drop has a long and carefully planned journey, from its source to its reuse. Behind this process is the team led by Donald Tait, Contracts and Facilities Group (CFG) Manager, along with shift supervisors Pablo Pistoia...
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...
ALMA’s first decade in the voice of Francisco Pino
Although the morning of that January 2012 was hot in the Chajnantor plain, Francisco Pino was frozen in front of a machine. He had only been familiarizing himself with the Front End for a couple of days when he dropped a piece of candy inside. "I...