Using ALMA’s previously untested high-frequency capabilities, ALMA was able to detect make the detection of a rare cosmic molecule
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Radioactive molecules discovered in distant stellar remnant
Observations using ALMA find radioactive isotope aluminium-26 from the remnant CK Vulpeculae
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Students identify the foundations for massive stars
Undergraduate students of the University of Arizona searched 101 clouds of gas to find those that may be in the first phases of forming massive stars
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Planets form before their host star matures
This discovery comes from observations of the developing star TMC1A, located in the constellation Taurus
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Astronomers detect the most distant oxygen ever discovered
This oxygen detection provides strong evidence that star formation occurred just 250 million years after the Big Bang
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Early galaxies found to rotate like whirlpools
The gas within the galactic structures, which were formed less then a billion years after the Big Bang, have been discovered to have a ‘swirling’ behaviour
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New images of red giant star could reveal the Sun’s future
W Hydrae had the same starting mass as our nearest star, but it’s billions of years more evolved
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Astronomers uncover more about the making of baby stars
By studying distant galaxies, astronomers could reveal the large amounts of atomic hydrogen and how it affects star formation
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Giant telescope array captures ageing star blowing smoky bubble
Astronomers have used ALMA to capture a strikingly beautiful view of a delicate bubble of expelled material around the exotic red star U Antliae
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Explosive stars shaped the cores of early galaxies
By observing galaxies that formed 3 billion years after the Big Bang, astronomers have introduced a new evolution story for galaxies.
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Astronomers observe complex molecules in starburst galaxies
The detection of these complex molecules have shown huge hidden reservoirs of turbulent gas in distant structures
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Extraordinary details uncovered about far-flung member of our Solar System
At about three times the current distance of Pluto from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant known trans-Neptunian object with a confirmed orbit
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Baby star’s strange geometry assists in solving evolution puzzle
New clues to understanding how dust can find its way to the surface of a forming star have been uncovered
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Source of mysterious ‘fast radio burst’ revealed for the first time
“Now we can do real astrophysical analysis on the burst source and the galaxy that harbours it,” says James Cordes of Cornell University
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Astronomers get first look at the birthplace of today’s stars
Scientists have gotten their first look at exactly where most of today’s stars were born
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Astronomers explore the “Golden Age” of the universe with ALMA
Scientists have explored the distant corner of the universe first revealed in the iconic images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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Secrets of giant space blob uncovered by ALMA telescope
The true nature of a rare object in the distant universe has been revealed
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Astronomers find evidence for comets in a distant solar system
The organic molecule methyl alcohol, or methanol, has been found in the TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc
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Most distant signs of oxygen in the universe discovered
The new discovery provides a glimpse into what the universe was like in ancient times
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Supermassive black hole found munching on cold gas
At the centre of a galaxy cluster, the voracious object at its heart is chowing down on a chilly feast