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The first images from the Alma telescope in Chile have been released. Described as one of the "21st century's grand scientific undertakings", the largest astronomical project in the world aims to study the formation of the universe. By 2013 the site, on the highest plateau in the Atacama desert, will have 66 antennas pointing at the heavens. Photo: Martin Bernetti
In pictures: the world's most complex astronomical project is aiming to discover how the universe was formed