ALMA

Misalignment of planetary orbits linked to warped disk

The protostar is located about 450 light years away in the Taurus Molecular Cloud.

Jan 02, 2019, 14:07 PM IST

Astronomers spot unusual star forming like a planet

The ALMA in chilean desert discovered a star forming in the outer regions of the disc around a massive star; likely to form a planet.

Dec 18, 2018, 09:55 AM IST

ALMA finds protoplanetary disks depicting planet formation

Atacama Large Millimeter Array's DSHARP campaign has revealed high resolution images of nearby 20 protoplanetary disks, depicting the birh of new planets.

Dec 17, 2018, 12:57 PM IST

Infant stars found near Milky Way's supermassive black hole

The observations were made with Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an observatory in Chile.

Nov 29, 2017, 18:36 PM IST

NASA discovers chemicals that could form 'membranes' on Saturn's moon Titan!

The team found large quantities of the chemical on Titan, most likely in the stratosphere – the hazy part of the atmosphere that gives this moon its brownish-orange colour.

Jul 29, 2017, 19:01 PM IST

Astronomers observe black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma jets

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the researchers found that powerful radio jets from the black hole - which normally suppress star formation - are stimulating the production of cold gas in the galaxy's extended halo of hot gas.

Feb 15, 2017, 14:36 PM IST

Spotted - Dark, contorted sunspot nearly twice the diameter of Earth (See pic)

Researchers including those from European Southern Observatory (ESO), produced the images as a demonstration of ALMA’s ability to study solar activity at longer wavelengths of light than are typically available to solar observatories on Earth.

Jan 23, 2017, 11:33 AM IST

Black hole 660 million times as massive as Sun

Elliptical galaxies are known to contain massive central black holes.

May 06, 2016, 10:39 AM IST

How planets form around binary stars

Observational evidence, however, reveals that planets do indeed form and maintain surprisingly stable orbits around double stars.

Feb 14, 2016, 11:14 AM IST

Most luminous galaxy extremely turbulent, ripping itself apart: Study

The most luminous galaxy in the universe - dubbed W2246-0526 - is so violently turbulent that it may eventually jettison its entire supply of star-forming gas, according to a study.

Jan 19, 2016, 15:07 PM IST

Universe's most luminous galaxy is 'ripping' itself!

New observations have revealed that an obscured quasar 12.4 billion light-years away which is known as the most luminous galaxy in the Universe is so violently turbulent, that it may eventually jettison its entire supply of star-forming gas.

Jan 16, 2016, 10:09 AM IST