NASA TELESCOPE

This is the new telescope in the universe. The large, new astronomical telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, ALMA consists of 66 radio telescopes and is the largest and most ambitious ground-based telescope to date. It has just been completed in Chile and is now beginning observations. Although they are called radio telescopes it does not mean that they listen for sound – they observe radio waves, which are long wavelength electromagnetic radiation. That is to say light which is outside the visible spectrum. Long wavelength radiation is important in order to observe particular phenomena in the universe.

The Alma telescope, which promises to probe deeper into space than ever before, comprises 50 antennae arranged over a 10km (6.2-mile) radius. Alma will allow astronomers to study wavelengths invisible to the human eye. When functioning at full capacity, the telescope will produce images up to 10 times sharper than Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope. It will study light from the coldest and darkest corners of the universe, where galaxies are formed and stars are born. Please read more in this website.



By : Nella Faras