Thursday, March 23, 2023

ALMA

Water on Earth is even older than our Sun

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. This water carries...

Hot gas bubble detected swirling around galaxy’s central black hole

Astronomers detect hot gas bubble swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

Insight into why Post-starburst galaxies don’t form stars

These galaxies don't scatter all of their star-forming fuel, after all.

Traces of blowtorch like jet Near Milky way’s Supermassive black hole

There is a leak in our Milky way's central black hole.

NASA’s first mission to demonstrate asteroid deflection using a kinetic impactor

DART will test kinetic impactor technology by targeting a double asteroid that is not on a path to collide with Earth

One in five distant galaxies remain hidden from our telescopes, camouflaged by cosmic dust

Around 10 and 20 percent of early galaxies may still remain hidden behind curtains of cosmic dust.

Signs of water detected in a distant star-forming galaxy

The study marks the most distant detection of required elements for life.

This typical massive star-forming galaxy is about to die

This is the first time we have observed a typical massive star-forming galaxy in the distant Universe about to ‘die’.

ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth

Observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. Around...

ALMA catches beautiful outcome of stellar fight

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, have spotted a peculiar gas cloud that resulted from a...

ALMA discovers trio of infant planets around newborn star

Using ALMA, two independent teams of astronomers have discovered three disturbances in the gas-filled disc around the young star: the strongest evidence yet that...

Astronomers found evidence for stars forming just 250 million years after Big Bang

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured the evidence on star formation in the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1 suggesting that...

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