Unseen Images of the Birth of the Universe from Northern Chile

(ANSA-AFP) - SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 01 JULY - The center astronomical Alma, which hosts the most powerful radio telescope in the world world in northern Chile, presented some images that the its researchers consider the most detailed ever obtained of the early universe. "We have never achieved such detail and depth in the galaxies of the early universe," he told AFP Sergio Martin, Head of Operations Department Alma Scientific, on the sidelines of a presentation in Santiago. These images captured gas that, over 13 billion years ago, gave rise to the first galaxies, shedding new light light on the discoveries made by the James Webb telescope in 2012. With the capture of these gases, there is "the possibility of studying where stars are born," Rodrigo told AFP Herrera-Camus, director of the Nucleo Millenio de Galaxias (Mingal), a 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, has published its first images, revealing breathtaking views of distant galaxies and star-forming regions, highlighting never-before-seen features observe first. Northern Chile hosts telescopes from over 30 countries, including some of the instruments most advanced astronomical facilities in the world, such as the Alma radio telescope. Another important project, the Extremely Large Telescope, It is expected to enter into operation in 2027 and promises to explore previously inaccessible cosmic distances. (ANSA-AFP).