06 December 2015
Massive baby galaxies nestled in dark matter filaments found by ALMA
... Now though, the dust-sensitive nature of the ALMA telescope has enabled researchers to determine the positions ... Tokyo) Using the much improved sensitivity and resolution of the ALMA telescopes, the team were able to make extensive observations of a...
10 March 2016
Mysterious infrared light that fills the Universe found with ALMA
... and infrared light and re-emits the energy in longer millimeter waves which can be detected with ALMA. By comparing the ALMA data with the data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope, the...
27 January 2016
Interaction between protoplanetary disks and planets confirmed by astronomers using ALMA
.... Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have observed a dust ring around a...structure close to the inner edge of the outer disc. TuImage taken by ALMA of the dust ring that surrounds the young star Sz 91. This ring ...
15 February 2016
Astronomers provide new insights into planet formation around binary stars
...of physics and astronomy at Rice University. "The new ALMA images reveal previously unseen details about the physical processes that.... With the high capability of radio telescopes such as ALMA to see beyond objects that are normally obscured by gas...
January 2016
How to Build Planets
... explains Antonio Hales, an Operations Astronomer based at the ALMA telescope in Chile who specialises in protoplaneary disc formation. ... using the Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array (ALMA), images have revealed a number of striking ...
03 February 2017
Astronomers spot a possible dwarf planet on the edges of the Solar System
... was then used to measure the object’s thermal emission. The team note in their research that “the ALMA facility is easily capable of radiometric detection of a 500 km body at > 90 AU distance. Hence it will be possible to establish sizes and albedos...
