The Alma Astronomical Center, which houses the most powerful radiotelescope in the world in northern Chile, unveiled on Tuesday images considered by its researchers as the most detailed ever obtained from the beginnings of the universe.
“We had never obtained so much details and depth in the galaxies of the primitive universe”told AFP Sergio Martin, head of the Alma scientific operations department, on the sidelines of a presentation in Santiago.
These images captured gas which, more than 13 billion years ago, gave birth to the first galaxies, providing new lighting to the discoveries of the James Webb telescope in 2012.
With the capture of these gases, there are “The possibility of studying where the stars are born” is born “AFP Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Director of the Nucleo Milenio de Galaxias (Mingal), Chilean Research Center dedicated to the study of galaxies.
At the end of June, the team of the Vera Rubin observatory, also located in northern Chile, published its first images, revealing breathtaking views of distant galaxies and regions where the stars are formed, highlighting elements never observed before.
Northern Chile welcomes telescopes of more than 30 countries, including some of the most advanced astronomical instruments in the world such as the Radiotelescope of the Alma Center.
Another major project, the Extremely Large Telescope, should enter into service in 2027 and promises to explore cosmic distances so far inaccessible.
