The ALMA array in Chile joins global VLBI arrays for unprecedented leap in resolving power
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 06:51
in Astronomy & Space
A powerful new array of radio telescopes is being deployed for the first time this week, as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile joins a global network of antennas poised to make some of the highest resolution images that astronomers have ever obtained. The improved level of detail is equivalent to being able to count the stitches on a baseball from 8,000 miles away.