Chile radio telescope reaches maximum capacity

The giant radio telescope in Chile has received the final "piece" of 66 antennas, marking the beginning of a new era in the long journey to explore deep space.

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The final antenna of the project The antenna network Millimetre / lower millimeter Large Atacama (ALMA) has just been transferred by the European AEM Consortium to the ALMA observatory.

Thus, the process of handing over the antenna package of the giant project has been successful, with 25 European antennas, 25 North American antennas and 16 Japanese antennas.

Telescope set consisting of 66 Chilean desert antenna plates - (Photo: ALMA)

By the end of 2013, all ultra-sensitive millimetre / submillimetre radio wave antennas were expected to work together as a single telescope, with an antenna network spanning 16 km along the Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama desert in North Chile, AFP leads the statement of ALMA.

The final antenna transfer completed the construction of the device, and provided all 66 antennas for scientific purposes.

'This is an important milestone for the ALMA observatory because it allows astronomers in Europe and elsewhere to use the complete ALMA telescope telescope, with maximum sensitivity' , according to ALMA project management at Europe, Mr. Wolfgang Wild.

ALMA is assisting experts in answering important questions about the origin of the universe, as it observes space by light with millimeter wavelengths and millimeter reduction, located between radio and infrared waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. .

The light of this wavelength not only comes from one of the coldest objects but also the farthest in the universe.