A protoplanetary disk is a disk of dense gas and dust, orbiting a newly formed star. It is assumed that planets are born by the gradual accumulation of material in such a structure, therefore ...

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Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone to date, providing valuable ...

Astronomers have used the ALMA radio telescope to investigate how planets grow in protoplanetary disks of gas and dust around ...

Astronomers have directly mapped the rotation of a protoplanetary disc for the first time, uncovering unexpected anomalies ...

Astronomers have been searching the skies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimter Array (ALMA) to study orbital geometries and protoplanetary disks that surround binary stars. The team found ...

The young ones: images of 20 protoplanetary discs taken by ALMA (Courtesy: ALMA) “Stunning” high-resolution images of 20 nearby protoplanetary discs have given astronomers a wealth of new information ...

A whopping 20 new scientific papers use data gathered by a host of radio dishes perched high in the Chilean desert to tease apart the mysteries of how planets form. The Atacama Large ...

ALMA-images of the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone. The research team suspects that protoplanetary discs are forming in its clouds. For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of ...