Welcome to the webpage of the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope project. AtLAST is a concept for a next generation 50-meter class single-dish astronomical observatory operating at sub-millimeter and millimeter wavelengths, run as a facility telescope by an international partnership and powered by renewable energy.
The design study
The EU-funded AtLAST design study started in March 2021 and will last three years.
Research goals
AtLAST will open a new space of discoveries in many fields of Astrophysics and Cosmology.
The team
The design study is carried out by an international consortium of universities, research institutes and industry.
News
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The design of the next-generation telescope starts now!
Mar. 30, 2021 11:01 AM
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Astronomy sets new records with revolutionary telescope
Sep. 23, 2020 11:05 AM
Publications
Overview of recent scientific publications related to the AtLAST project
