ALMA

the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is a jar that astronomers use to look closely at faraway stars" (not directly mentioned in this crianca summary, but implied as an analogy to the jar of grains)

Technical definition

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an astronomical interferometer consisting of 66 antennae located in Chile's Atacama desert.

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