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 ISTALMA 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 ISTNASA 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 ISTAstronomers 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 ISTSpotted - 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 ISTBlack hole 660 million times as massive as Sun
Elliptical galaxies are known to contain massive central black holes.
May 06, 2016, 10:39 AM ISTHow 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 ISTMost 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 ISTUniverse'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 ISTDark matter nursery and its monstrous baby galaxies found
A nest of monstrous baby galaxies, 11.5 billion light-years away could help answer questions about how the known universe formed.
Dec 05, 2015, 09:02 AM IST