Not exact matches
The spectacular discs that
ALMA has
imaged around much younger stars, such as HL Tauri, contain much more material that is in the process
of forming
planets.
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ALMA has shown us amazing
images and never - before - seen views
of the rings and gaps around young stars that could be the hallmarks
of planet formation.
The Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (
ALMA) observatory was used to record
images from the alien system
of planets.
Thanks to
ALMA, astronomers will be able to make detailed
images of stars and
planets being born in gas clouds near our Solar System and to better understand how stars, planetary systems and even life itself formed.
The
ALMA image shows that cosmic dust, which is component material
of planets, is circling around the star in a form
of asymmetric ring.
The
image captured by the
ALMA — by turning radio signals, which measure electromagnetic radiation, into digital signals and translating those into a visual representation — «gives an incredible view
of the process
of planet formation,» Tony Beasley, director
of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia, says in a press release Thursday.
The
image captured by the
ALMA — by turning radio signals, which measure electromagnetic radiation, into digital signals and translating those into a visual representation — «gives an incredible view
of the process
of planet formation,» Tony Beasley, director
of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Charlottesville, Virginia, says in a