Dave Finley interviews Crystal Brogan (NRAO), David Wilner (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), and Anthony Remijan (NRAO) about their recent research as presented at the 2009 AAAS meeting in Chicago in a symposium entitled "Cosmic Cradle of Life" on February 13, 2009.

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A quick introduction to ALMA (Video by FilmoSonido; post-production by the Paladin Media Group).

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The first ALMA radio telescope (Video by FilmoSonido, Sirius Video, Forbes & Butler; post-production by the Paladin Media Group).

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The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) is a major 21st Century radio astronomy project that will open new windows for astronomers to study the origin and evolution of our Universe. This video by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) highlights the science that ALMA will accomplish and follows the first ALMA antenna or radio telescope as it travels from the VertexRSI production facility in Kilgore, Texas, USA thru the port of Houston to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and the ALMA site, which is in the beautiful but harsh, high-elevation Atacama Desert. The ALMA Project is a partnership between the scientific communities of East Asia, Europe, and North America with Chile. The video was shot by FilmoSonido (Santiago, Chile), Sirius Video (Houston, TX, USA), and Forbes & Butler (Kilgore, TX, USA). Post-production was by the Paladin Media Group (Charlottesville, VA) and the NRAO.

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