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  • Feb 28, 2023
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Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) Telescope

News: ALMA, a 66-antenna radio telescope at the Atacama Desert in Chile, will soon get hardware and software updates.

 

  • A cutting-edge telescope that investigates astronomical objects at millimetre and submillimeter wavelengths is the Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Telescope.
  • They can look through dust clouds and aid astronomers in studying faint and far-off galaxies and stars.
  • Also, it has exceptional sensitivity, enabling it to pick up radio signals that are incredibly faint.
  • The telescope is made up of 66 highly accurate antennas, spaced out over an area of up to 16 kilometres.
  • The United States, 16 European nations, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Chile are all partners in its operation.
  • The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in the US, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), and the European Southern Observatory collaborated on the design, planning, and construction of the radio telescope (ESO).