A bright ring of dust circling a young star can look calm from far away. In reality, it may mark one of the messiest moments ...

The rotation of a protoplanetary disk (a disk where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first ...

Planet formation begins with dust disks surrounding young stars. But, these have so far made the exploration of celestial bodies difficult. That could change.

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 ...

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ALMA has spotted ring and spiral structures in protoplanetary disks just 300,000 or so years old. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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Scientists studying a nearby protostar have detected the presence of water in its circumstellar disk. The new observations made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) mark the ...

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 ...

What appears to be a cosmic tornado is actually a Herbig-Haro jet. Material is ejected from a young star perpendicular to a protoplanetary disk, thought to be driven by the magnetic fields interacting ...