• Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 2nd, 2015
There Are Tubes of Plasma Over Our Heads, in Earth's Magnetosphere

There Are Tubes of Plasma Over Our Heads, in Earth's Magnetosphere

Using a radio telescope, scientists imaged these tubes in 3D

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 4th, 2014
Star-Forming Atomic Hydrogen Detected in Galaxies 3 Billion Light-Years Away

Star-Forming Atomic Hydrogen Detected in Galaxies 3 Billion Light-Years Away

This study into the makeup of galaxies far, far away broke the previous record distance by 500 million light-years

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • March 14th, 2013
Only Just Inaugurated, ALMA Discovers Most Distant Galaxies Ever Observed

Only Just Inaugurated, ALMA Discovers Most Distant Galaxies Ever Observed

The radio telescope was used to observe star-forming galaxies from the early universe

ALMA, the World's Largest Radio Telescope, Goes Live Today

ALMA, the World's Largest Radio Telescope, Goes Live Today

The Atacama Large Millimeter Array is now operational, with 50 of the 66 antennas working

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • January 3rd, 2013
ALMA Sees Two Baby Planets Feeding Around a Nearby Star, a First-of-Its Kind Find

ALMA Sees Two Baby Planets Feeding Around a Nearby Star, a First-of-Its Kind Find

The radio telescope saw the exoplanets guzzling up gas from their surrounding cloud

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 29th, 2012
ALMA Sees Sugar in Clouds Around Young Star

ALMA Sees Sugar in Clouds Around Young Star

This represents another significant finding for the large radio telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 2nd, 2012
IBM Will Process Data from the Square Kilometer Array Telescope

IBM Will Process Data from the Square Kilometer Array Telescope

The company has just been awarded a new contract for the job