Legacy at these sites had both a pilot phase and a main study phase. (cdc.gov)
ALMA studies all phases of planet forming: it probes protoplanetary discs — planetary embryos — at high resolution; it can capture the increasing brightness and temperature of planets in the process of formation and directly detect how giant planets cleanse their orbits within the discs. (almaobservatory.org)
But while 2018 shapes as an eventful year on the exploration front, Valor continues to move purposefully to update a previous scoping study on what is now a much larger resource base before moving straight into a pre-feasibility study phase around the middle of this year. (miningnews.net)