ALMA discovered ordinary table salt in a not-so-ordinary location: 1,500 light-years from Earth in the disk surrounding a massive young star.
Astronomers Study Mysterious New Type of Cosmic Blast
Astronomers have studied a perplexing cosmic blast with a worldwide collection of telescopes, including ALMA and the VLA, but still are not sure exactly what it is.
Fragmenting Disk Gives Birth to Binary Star ‘Odd Couple’
ALMA has detected a star in a binary system that may have formed like a planet.
The Epoch of Planet Formation, Times Twenty
ALMA has conducted a survey of protoplanetary disks, the planet-forming dust belts around young stars.
Galaxy-Scale Fountain Seen in Full Glory
A billion light-years from Earth lies one of the universe’s most massive structures, a giant surrounded by a sprawling…
When Is a Nova Not a ‘Nova’? When a White Dwarf and a Brown Dwarf Collide
Using ALMA, an international team of astronomers found evidence that a white dwarf and a brown dwarf collided in a short-lived blaze of glory.