This from @theguardian.com shows the social and environmental cost of lithium extraction Regarding this, Sabrina Sartori and Guillermo Valenzuela of AtLAST say: "This shows what can happen when the energy transition overlooks local communities and ecosystems." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Why a Chilean salt flat is a microcosm of the extractive frontiers of green capitalism

In the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costs

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If you are based in a Nordic country or you are interested in AtLAST, you may want to register to the Nordic AtLAST nights.. 2- day workshop in Helsinki in mid Dec! 🧪🔭

Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope @atlastdesign.bsky.social · 2w ago

We are delighted to announce the Nordic AtLAST Nights! 🔭 📍 Tieteiden talo, Helsinki, Finland (with online option) 🗓️ 14 - 15 December This event will bring together the Nordic/Baltic (sub-)mm community. Registration and abstract submissions are now open More info: www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

We also heard from Pamela Klaassen in yesterday's AtLAST Forum where they presented "Mass Assembly and Chemical Complexity in the Milky Way" 🔭 🌌 📹 The recording is also on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGY7...

Mass Assembly and Chemical Complexity in the Milky Way

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In yesterday's AtLAST Forum Elena Redaelli presented "Molecules and molecular ratios to unveil the initial conditions of the process of star and planet formation" 🔭 ✨ 🪐 📹 The recording is now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0xe...

Molecules and molecular ratios to unveil the initial conditions of star and planet formation

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And if you want to keep up to date with all the latest AtLAST news subscribe to our newsletter: www.atlast.uio.no/about/contac... 🧪🔭☄️

Exciting updates on what the team were up to over the summer and info about future events can be found in our latest newsletter here: pub.dialogapi.no/v/9ec12a02-1... 🧪🔭☄️

AtLAST Newsletter - September 2026

https://pub.dialogapi.no/v/9ec12a02-1189-4122-8a82-7cfe9ed94b7a

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SPIE 2026 invited paper "AtLAST: enabling large-scale sub-mm science beyond 2030" is now published, see doi.org/10.1117/12.3.... Figure 1 plots mapping speed vs wavelength for a selection of ground-based single-antenna facilities, showing the leap in mapping speed enabled by #AtLAST in the submm 🔭🧪

🔭🧪☄️ Join our next #AtLAST Forum where we will learn about mass assembly, chemical complexity and the process of star and planet formation in the Milky Way 🌌 📅 When: October 8, 2026 | 13:00 – 14:00 UTC 🔗 More info: www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve... #forum #submmastronomy #MilkyWay

AtLAST Forum - October 2026 - AtLAST

Welcome to the AtLAST Forum, a platform for the community to exchange ideas and opinions about the AtLAST project and anything related to it.

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Want to know what the AtLAST team has been getting up to over the summer? Check out the latest news item covering all the conferences and workshops that were keeping us busy over the summer months! 🔭 #AtLAST #EAS2026Lausanne #SPIE #ESO #LorentzCenter www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

A busy summer of conferences and workshops for the AtLAST team - AtLAST

From late June to early August, AtLAST team members led and participated in four international and AtLAST-focused conferences and workshops. These events helped promote AtLAST to the wider community a...

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Hoy El PAIS @elpais.com escribió sobre nuestro proyecto Europeo AtLAST @atlastdesign.bsky.social : elpais.com/ciencia/2026... 🧪🔭☄️

El telescopio que podría revelar la otra mitad del cosmos, el universo oculto y turbio

Un nuevo observatorio de iniciativa europea podría cartografiar la mitad del universo donde la luz procede de galaxias enterradas tras polvo estelar

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Sustainability is a priority for AtLAST, not an afterthought. We allocated substantial resources to study every aspect of sustainability including matters of energy justice in Chile 🧪🔭☄️

Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope @atlastdesign.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A key goal for #AtLAST is to integrate sustainability and social responsibility into the astronomical infrastructure. Members of the team therefore visited institutes and facilities across Chile to foster discussions with local communities #sustainability #energy www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

with 3D printed @atlastdesign.bsky.social AtLAST model and supercapacitor unit next to it! #SPIE2026 🔭🧪☄️

On my way to the #SPIE2026 in CPH to present our invited paper on AtLAST see arxiv preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2607.05022 tomorrow at 11:00 Room B3-M6 on behalf of @atlastdesign.bsky.social 🧪🔭☄️

The Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST): enabling large-scale sub-mm science beyond 2030

AtLAST is designed to be the largest (sub-)mm single-dish astronomical observatory and the first climate-neutral modern research infrastructure. It offers a unique combination of large aperture (50 m)...

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🔈 Reminder if you are at @eas-meeting.bsky.social to join our Special Session SS26 - Planning the future of large-scale (sub-)mm astrophysics 📅 TODAY from 17:00 - 18:30 in room 2B #EAS2026Lausanne #AtLAST

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Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope @atlastdesign.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Remote attendance is also possible and you can register to attend remotely any time up to the start of the workshop! The same also applies if you are local and won't need to stay at a hotel. #AtLAST #LorentzCenter #SubmillimeterScience

We have extended the deadline for in person registration to the first Lorentz center workshop dedicated to the AtLAST project, taking place 3 - 7 August, Leiden, the Netherlands too this Sunday, 21 June. Follow the link for contact details and more information: www.lorentzcenter.nl/mapping-the-...

The AtLAST consortium meeting took place in Madrid from 1-3 June with ~70 participants in total! The meeting focused on consolidating the telescope design, reviewing progress across the team and refining the future ambitions of AtLAST! Read all about it here! www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

Driving forward the scientific and technological aspects of AtLAST – 2026 Consortium meeting held in Madrid - AtLAST

The AtLAST consortium gathered at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid from 1 - 3 June 2026 for their annual meeting, bringing together around 50 in person participants and a further 20 participants ...

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I was interviewed for this article, it gives a nice overview of what the AtLAST team has been doing in the past 6 years and especially of WHY we are doing it 🧪🔭☄️

Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope @atlastdesign.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Horizon Magazine at @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu have written an article about AtLAST including interviews from a few members of the AtLAST team! Follow the link to find out more: projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m... #AtLAST #HorizonMagazine @horizoneu.bsky.social

We need your help to determine the future direction of AtLAST user support! We have created a short survey to understand the needs and desires of the future users of AtLAST and would love to hear from you! Read more: www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve... #AtLAST #submmastronomy #astronomy 🔭📡

AtLAST User Support Survey - AtLAST

We need your help to determine the future direction of AtLAST user support!

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🔭🧪☄️ Join our next #AtLAST Forum to find out how AtLAST will help in the search for complex organic molecules and the building blocks of life in the Universe! 📅 When: May 21, 2026 | 12:00 – 13:00 UTC 🔗 More info: www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve... #forum #submmastronomy #biomolecules #life

AtLAST Forum - May 2026 - AtLAST

Welcome to the AtLAST Forum, a platform for the community to exchange ideas and opinions about the AtLAST project and anything related to it.

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Selecting the future home for #AtLAST requires detailed site characterisation to determine which site is most suitable. Members of the team recently visited the potential sites on the Chajnantor Plateau in Chile to continue with these efforts. Read more here! 📡 www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

Testing the conditions at 5000m - AtLAST site characterisation continues on Chajnantor - AtLAST

From 28 - 31 March, five members of the AtLAST team visited the high site at Chajnantor to install instruments that will help further characterise the potential AtLAST sites, part of the ongoing effor...

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we are designing AtLAST to be able to observe the Sun.. imagine fast scans with FoV covering the full disk of the Sun in multiple submm bands with time resolution of seconds! 🔭🧪

Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope @atlastdesign.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In case you missed it, last weeks AtLAST Forum talk is now available on our YouTube channel! 🔭🧪☄️ In this Forum Mats Kirkaune told us about the solar science capabilities that AtLAST will bring: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGm... #atlast #forum #submmastronomy #SolarScience ☀️

In case you missed it, last weeks AtLAST Forum talk is now available on our YouTube channel! 🔭🧪☄️ In this Forum Pamela Pizarro gave a great update on the ongoing work of wind characterization on the Chajnantor Plateau: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdsz... #atlast #forum #submmastronomy

Characterizing Wind Conditions at Two Sites on the Chajnantor Plateau

YouTube video by Atacama Large Aperture Submm Telescope (AtLAST)

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☀️ The future of solar observations looks bright with AtLAST ☀️ The unique capabilities of AtLAST will transform our understanding of the Sun and enable the development of more advanced predictions of space weather. Read more here: www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve... #AtLAST #SolarScience #astronomy

The future of solar observations looks bright with AtLAST - AtLAST

The Sun’s active nature has the potential to disturb our day-to-day life through the disruption of power grids, satellites and global communication systems. To protect a technology‑dependent society, ...

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🔭 Join our next AtLAST Forum where we will find out about the wind conditions on the Chajnantor Plateau - a key environmental factor when selecting astronomical sites 📅 When: March 5, 2026 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM UTC 🔗 More info: www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve... #atlast #forum #submmastronomy

AtLAST Forum - March 2026 - AtLAST

Welcome to the AtLAST Forum, a platform for the community to exchange ideas and opinions about the AtLAST project and anything related to it.

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At least 27 white papers in support of AtLAST were submitted to ESO's Expanding Horizons - a call to select a new ground-based telescope/facility (or upgrade to an existing one) that will transform astronomy, highlighting the scientific potential of AtLAST ✨ www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

ESO white papers in support of AtLAST - AtLAST

AtLAST is designed as a once-in-a-generation, transformational facility for the coming decades. At least 27 white papers supporting AtLAST were submitted to ESO's Expanding Horizons call, spanning top...

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🌟 Join our Special Session at EAS 2026 🌟 Planning the future of large-scale (sub-)mm astrophysics 📡 We invite everyone to contribute to the planning of AtLAST and the future of (sub-)mm astrophysics. Follow the link for more info! eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/... #EAS2026Lausanne

📍@fisicas-ucm.bsky.social @ucm.es 💡 Participa en los casos científicos, el desarrollo de instrumentación y los desafíos en el uso de datos 🤝 Construye colaboraciones en los equipos Españoles y Portugueses de este proyecto puntero ✨ ¡Cualquier nivel de experiencia es bienvenido!

Iberian AtLAST Days — 4–5 Junio 2026 ¡Buscamos astrónom@s y constructor@s de instrumentación astronómica de España/Portugal! Ayúdanos a hacer comunidad en torno a #AtLAST, el futuro telescopio sub-mm de 50m diseñado para transformar nuestra visión del Cosmos. www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

Iberian AtLAST days 2026 - AtLAST

This event will bring together the Spanish and Portuguese (sub-)mm communities to foster scientific and technical synergies around the future AtLAST facility.

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📍@fisicas-ucm.bsky.social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid 💡 Explore key science cases, data challenges, and instrumentation opportunities 🤝 Build collaborations and help shape the role of Iberian teams in this exciting project ✨ All expertise levels welcome! #AtLAST #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy