Death and Birth of Stars – Page 7 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Release: ALMA Shows Birth of Spiraling Giants

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

Using ALMA, astronomers have observed the formation and mutually entwined motions of a massive binary star system.

Artist Impression of salt in protoplanetary disk

Liberal Sprinkling of Salt Discovered around a Young Star

Posted on January 31, 2019February 13, 2019

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.

Artist's conception of a gamma ray burst

Astronomers Study Mysterious New Type of Cosmic Blast

Posted on January 10, 2019January 13, 2019

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’

Posted on December 13, 2018December 14, 2018

ALMA has detected a star in a binary system that may have formed like a planet.

The Epoch of Planet Formation, Times Twenty

Posted on December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

ALMA has conducted a survey of protoplanetary disks, the planet-forming dust belts around young stars.

Galaxy-Scale Fountain Seen in Full Glory

Posted on November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

A billion light-years from Earth lies one of the universe’s most massive structures, a giant surrounded by a sprawling…

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