Art has always been present in Priscilla's life. She fondly remembers her sister painting in oils and taking pictures, and her mother winning all the flower arrangement contests and drawing costume designs. That's why, when she passed by the Alhambra Palace in 2010 and saw the National Society of Fine Arts open, just as she was beginning her doctorate,...
On our desktops, mobile devices, at work or at home. There are multiple risks of becoming a victim of a scam or intrusion on the Internet. We learned about it first-hand when we suffered the cyber-attack on the observatory in October 2022. To be more prepared, the IT team created the Be Safe plan, our cybersecurity program that seeks...
To know our cosmic origins, we must observe as many hours as possible of the research selected for each cycle. That's why we are so pleased to have surpassed 4,000 hours during this Cycle 10. The highest number ever observed since we began operations. Our previous record - in Cycle 5 - was 3,787 hours, and so we are...
It was early morning in the control room at OSF. Bill Dent was alone with an operator and typing away when the information on his screen began to slow to a complete stop. Unable to communicate with the antennas, they called the engineers to no success. “We had no contact, so we called management and IT, and that's when...
SCO and OSF dressed in red, white and blue this September to share with our colleagues the celebrations of the chilean national holidays. In Santiago we enjoyed a different kind of lunch, with a delicious asado and typical desserts such as motes con huesillos. At OSF, we added traditional Chilean games such as hopscotch to the celebrations. And this...
Thinking that health is a priority for everyone, but sometimes external help is needed, our Safety department led an no-smoking campaign for all ALMA staff and our contractors who wanted to quit smoking. The incentive? If they succeeded in overcoming three months of abstinence, they could even be rewarded with a bicycle. Thus, in the first stage of this...