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New Discoveries
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ALMA sees how matter spirals into a young baby star
Do you remember the last time you were on a merry-go-round on a playground or a fair? Because of the fast rotation, you felt like
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One cosmic pretzel for two baby stars
When astronomers looked at this new ALMA image, it reminded them of a pretzel – a pastry shaped like a knot. But there are no
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Soap bubbles and jellyfish galaxies
You probably know how to make soap bubbles. First, you put a ring of plastic or metal into a soap bath, and gently pull it
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Learn with Talma
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How do stars and planets form?
You live on a planet, called Earth. Together with seven other planets, Earth circles around the Sun. As far as we know, Earth is the
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Who build ALMA?
Since Hans Lipperhey built his first cheap telescope in his own workshop, telescopes became larger, and also more expensive. Sometimes, rich businessmen provided the money
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How are ALMA images created?
ALMA measures millimeter waves from the sky. These millimeter waves are emitted by cold dust clouds in the Universe. The clouds are so cold that