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ALMA and World Observatories Join Hands to Create Virtual Earth-Sized Telescope
Dec 29, 2015Chile's ALMA observatory says it is joining forces with other space observatories around the world to create a virtual earth-sized telescope capable of visualizing objects on the moon. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ...
Tags: ALMA, World Observatories, Virtual Earth-sized Telescope
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Astronomers Using ALMA Telescope Have Discovered Splattered Remains of Comets Colliding
Mar 11, 2014Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star; the researchers believe they are witnessing the total destruction ...
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Direct Evidence of a Supernova's Dust-Making Capabilities
Jan 7, 2014Galaxies can be remarkably dusty places and supernovas are thought to be a primary source of that dust, especially in the early Universe. Direct evidence of a supernova's dust-making capabilities, however, has been slim and cannot account ...
Tags: supernovas, dust-making, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
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The First of a Set of Unprecedented, Super-Deep Views of The Universe
Jan 7, 2014The first of a set of unprecedented, super-deep views of the universe from an ambitious collaborative program called The Frontier Fields is being released today at the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C. ...
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