The telescope is named ALMA and it's currently being built on the chajnator plataeu in the andes mountains. the surveying of the site began in 1995 and so far there are 20 antennae in place. when it's done there will be about 66 antennae each placed between 150 meters and 10 miles.
Depending how far apart they are determines what you can see if they are close together they act like a wide angle lens but far apart you can focus in on single stars or galaxys lightyears away. recently scientists tested ALMA using 12 of the antennae and got a picture of the 
antennae galaxy showing things that scientists haven't been able to see before already it's better than the hubble telescope. the goal is to find our cosmic origin. how do you think this will change how we see the universe?
antennae galaxy showing things that scientists haven't been able to see before already it's better than the hubble telescope. the goal is to find our cosmic origin. how do you think this will change how we see the universe?
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I think this is really cool and that it is amazing that it gets better images than hubble. I think this will change our understanding and how we see the universe.
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