With the successful start of Cycle 13, ALMA users will be able to benefit from features recently implemented or updated in various ALMA tools and interfaces. These include the web-based OT, SnooPI, the ALMA Pipeline, and the ALMA Science Archive. Click "Read More" to read a brief overview with links to more detailed documentation.

Are you an author on an upcoming publication based on ALMA data that could be relevant to the wider public? If so, pitch your result to press@eso.org! You can read more about the types of stories we are after at: https://www.eso.org/public/news/pitch-your-research/. You can also check previously published releases for inspiration at https://www.eso.org/public/news/.

Since the process of evaluating, preparing and reviewing ESO press releases can be lengthy, please send your paper to us as soon as it has been submitted to a journal (no later than 4-6 weeks prior to expected publication). While only a few pitches are successful, the reward is high: if your science does make it into an ESO press release, blog post or picture of the week, it will reach a broad community of people around the world. 

The ALMASPACE (ALMA Science Platforms for Analysis and Calibration in Europe) development study officially kicked off in Gothernburg on 21 September 2026. Over the next two years, the study will investigate how the European ALMA Regional Centre (ARC) network can support its user community with the computing and storage resources needed to fully exploit the scientific potential of the ALMA Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU). 

By bringing together the expertise, infrastructure and user-support experience of the entire European ARC network, ALMASPACE aims to turn the Science Platform concept into a concrete and scalable pathway for the next generation of ALMA science.

ALMA successfully started Cycle 13 observations during the Chilean afternoon of September 30th. That also marked the successful close of Cycle 12 with another record! During Cycle 12, ALMA successfully acquired and delivered more than 4700 hours of science-quality data (QA0 PASS) with the 12-m Array and set a new record on all three arrays (12-m, 7-m, and Total Power Arrays). This was achieved despite Cycle 12 having the most observing time lost due to weather in the past decade. Following the successes of Cycle 10 and Cycle 11, this achievement further demonstrates the maturity and efficiency of ALMA operations.

A new ALMA development study, titled 'Next-Generation ALMA Vacuum Windows Sub-Wavelength Surface Structuring,' was officially kick-off at Chalmers university on 22 September 2026. The study is led by the Group of Advanced Receiver Development (GARD), Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden in collaboration with the NOVA sub-mm group, in Groningen, the Netherlands.