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The ALMA telescope shows its true colours

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Bright, gravitationally magnified galaxies have been found across a wide span of cosmic time. The first results from the still-growing ALMA telescope show its power to reveal these galaxies' redshifts and internal structure. See Letter p.344

The steady discovery of new classes of galaxy, as different windows on the cosmos have become accessible, has been a highlight of astrophysics for decades. The radio, X-ray and far-infrared windows have opened to reveal ever more about the processes at work in both long-known and previously unappreciated types of galaxy. By combining the power of wide-field surveys to discover galaxies and the ability to dissect the galaxies' nature using high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy, an improved understanding of their properties can be obtained rapidly and efficiently.

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Blain, A. The ALMA telescope shows its true colours. Nature 495, 324–325 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12084

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