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ALMA Reveals Planets Can Form Under Harsh Radiation

Posted on November 18, 2024

New observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) suggest that planet formation can occur even in harsh stellar…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is thrilled to announce that a record-breaking total of 4,250 hours of science-quality…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) new observation cycle –Cycle 11- kicks off on October 1, 2024, starting a…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), one of the largest and most sensitive telescopes of its kind in the…

Traditionally, planet formation has been described as a “bottom-up” process, as dust grains gradually collect into bigger conglomerations over…

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