From April 23 to 26, ALMA participated in the Puerto de Ideas Antofagasta festival, one of the country’s most significant science outreach events, which this year drew more than 22,000 attendees. With a focus on interactive experiences, the ALMA booth became a particularly attractive gathering spot for students, who expressed amazement and curiosity as they discovered the various activities....
With the implementation of Business-to-Business (B2B) integration in Microsoft 365, JAO, NRAO, and ESO are taking a concrete step toward smoother collaboration between organizations. The idea is simple: work together using your own accounts, without losing control over internal information. What changes in your day-to-day work? You can now invite external collaborators to shared Teams channels and work directly...
Operating in one of the world’s most challenging environments leaves no room for improvisation. At ALMA, foresight is not just a best practice—it is the foundation for working safely and reliably. Safety is not an isolated standard, but a shared responsibility that is present in every decision, every process, and every team. In this context, the Health, Safety, Security...
Rain didn’t stop us. Hundreds of visitors flooded the ESO-ALMA facilities on Chilean Astronomy Day 2026, turning what could have been a quiet Friday into one of our most vibrant outreach events of the year. From the moment doors opened, attendees dove into a packed program designed to make cutting-edge astronomy tangible. Guided tours of the ALMA Remote Control...
Behind every observation, every byte of data traveling from the Chajnantor plateau, there is a team making sure the technology just works. That’s ALMA's IT department. The team keeps networks, servers, data centers, computers, and connectivity running around the clock – and ensures that the digital platforms scientists, engineers, astronomers, and operational staff rely on are always available when...
High in the Atacama Desert, where the air is thin and the skies are impossibly clear, something remarkable has been happening for 13 years. ALMA has been listening – patiently, precisely – to the universe’s oldest stories: the birth of stars, the formation of planets, the evolution of galaxies billions of light-years away. On March 13, 2013, a new...