Thursday, March 14, 2013

ALMA inaugurated after rewriting history of stellar "baby boom"

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An aerial view of the Chajnantor Plateau, home to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimet...


Even before the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) was inaugurated this week, it was already rewriting history with its observations showing that a stellar baby boom took place much earlier than previously thought. But the pre-inauguration announcement isn’t a reflection that the ALMA team didn’t get to enjoy the official ceremony – like the first images released in 2011, the observations were taken while ALMA was still under construction... Continue Reading ALMA inaugurated after rewriting history of stellar "baby boom"



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