Chilean astronomer set on being a star
Chilean researcher Cinthya Herrera has not quite achieved her PhD in astronomy yet, but already she has notched up a notable success in her career.
The 27-year-old student has the distinction of publishing the very first science paper to come out of the Alma radio telescope.
This huge facility, going up in Chile's Atacama Desert, is set to revolutionise our understanding of the cosmos.
Ms Herrera described her work to our correspondent Jonathan Amos.
29 Mar 2012
- From the section Science & Environment