From black holes to proto-planets: ALMA's top discoveries | Chasing Starlight 9

Travel to the world’s largest telescope array. Made of 66 antennas, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been observing the sky at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths for 10 years now.

Join ESO astronomer, Suzanna Randall, in the latest episode of Chasing Starlight, to find out about some of the greatest discoveries of this telescope.

00:00 Introduction
00:21 Trip to Chile
01:28 What does ALMA observe?
02:11 Taking the first image of a black hole
03:48 Looking at the birthplace of stars
04:50 Studying nearby galaxies
05:33 Revealing the details of planet formation
06:51 Doing astrochemistry
07:26 What else are scientists observing with ALMA?
08:17 The future of ALMA

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Credit:

ESO

Directed by: L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, M. Wallner
Hosted by: S. Randall
Written by: Suzanna Randall, B. Ferreira
Editing: M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, M. Wallner
Videography: A. Tsaousis
Animations & footage: M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, ESA, NASA, ESO, EHT Collaboration, Y. Beletsky (LCO), C. Malin (christophmalin.com), B. Tafreshi, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/NRAO/General Dynamics C4 Systems, ZDF.
Music: Videvo, Martin Stuertzer
Web and technical support: G. Bazin, R. Yumi Shida
Scientific consultant: P. Amico
Promotion: O. Sandu, M. Martins & D. Curic
Filming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org), Chajnantor Plateau, Puerto Varas