ALMA Observatory📡

For the first time, the astronomical community is witnessing the birth of a new solar system.✨🪐

📡"Witnessing the dawn of a new solar system" Chasing Starlight by @ESO Full video here: eso.org/public/videos/…

📡We are on @dwnews "Astronomers capture dawn of new solar system for 1st time" dw.com/en/astronomers…

On December 2, 2018, we captured comet 46P/Wirtanen ☄️during its close approach to Earth—just 11.4 million kilometers away, about 30 times the distance between us and the Moon. 😉 Have you ever seen a comet in the sky?☄️

The Giant Magellan Telescope and @almaobs will form a powerful ecosystem in the Southern Hemisphere. @SKAO Director Sarah Pearce shares how this synergy opens new frontiers in astronomical discovery. giantmagellan.org/2025/04/27/6-o… #giantdiscoveries

📡Our 66 cosmic antennas, each weighing 100 tons, can be moved and connected to ground bases known as ‘pads'. ✨This flexibility allows the array to be arranged in different configurations, depending on what part of the cold Universe is being observed. 📷: Y. Villalón

Viste con @almaobs 19 baby galassie. «Non stiamo solo osservando dei grumi di luce; stiamo risolvendo le strutture interne di queste galassie e imparando qualcosa sui processi che avvengono al loro interno», dice Rodrigo Ignacio Herrera Camus di @UDTcl. media.inaf.it/2025/07/21/i-v…

📡✨"Astronomers witness the birth of a planetary system for the 1st time" by @SPACEdotcom space.com/astronomy/astr…

📡We are on @NBCNews "Astronomers capture the birth of a solar system" nbcnews.com/science/scienc…

📡At ALMA, we’re privileged to enjoy truly breathtaking views. ✨The building in the photo is called Vertex — it’s where antennas and their transporters are maintained. 📷: @_ansack , ALMA Photo Ambassador. almaobservatory.org/en/announcemen…

#BreakingNews 📡We're observing the birth of a PLANETARY SYSTEM for the first time! Together with @ESA_Webb @NASAWebb 🛰️, an international team has detected the precise moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun 🔗almaobservatory.org/en/press-relea…

✨Humans can now observe the evolution and death of a star. 📷ALMA observations of U Antilae and the observation of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 by our partner @ESO 's Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Second ascent to ALMA during the morning and midday in which we had milder temperatures above freezing Celsius. @doescience @VRubinObs @NOIRLabAstro @NOIRLabAstroES @NOIRLabScience @GeminiObs @ACEAPAmbassador @NSF @almaobs @ALMAObs_esp @NAOJ_ALMA_en

Second ascent to ALMA during the morning and midday in which we had milder temperatures above freezing Celsius. @doescience @VRubinObs @NOIRLabAstro @NOIRLabAstroES @NOIRLabScience @GeminiObs @ACEAPAmbassador @NSF @almaobs @ALMAObs_esp @NAOJ_ALMA_en

Second ascent to ALMA during the morning and midday in which we had milder temperatures above freezing Celsius. @doescience @VRubinObs @NOIRLabAstro @NOIRLabAstroES @NOIRLabScience @GeminiObs @ACEAPAmbassador @NSF @almaobs @ALMAObs_esp @NAOJ_ALMA_en

I Love Lamp 💡 Outside the @almaobs ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF), fixtures are used sparingly to prevent light pollution. As you can imagine, none of these stars would have been visible if the light were on! 📸 Credit: NSF/ AUI/ NSF NRAO/ B.Foott @bettymayafoott

📡"ALMA Shines New Light on Galaxies in Early Universe" by @scidotnews sci.news/astronomy/alma…

📡We are on @SPACEdotcom "'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxies (images)" space.com/astronomy/time…

📡The TPGS will significantly improve ALMA’s capabilities. It will feature: ✅Four times more correlated bandwidth ✅16 times finer spectral resolution ✅Ten times higher input data rate from antennas 🔗almaobservatory.org/en/announcemen…

Welcome to ALMA radiotelescopes (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array). We start at OSF (Operations Support Facility) at 3,000 m altitude. @doescience @VRubinObs @NOIRLabAstro @NOIRLabAstroES @NOIRLabScience @GeminiObs @ACEAPAmbassador @NSF @almaobs @ALMAObs_esp