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ALMA finds ‘pregnant’ galaxies in distant Universe

Billions of years ago, the Universe experienced a baby boom of new stars. Back then, the number of stars that were born in galaxies was much higher than it is now. New observations by ALMA have revealed new information about those early galaxies. In particular, ALMA has found ‘pregnant’’...

Mystery blob shines because of embedded stars

ALMA has helped to solve a fifteen-year-old astronomical riddle. Observations with the 66-dish observatory have revealed the true nature of a huge mysterious object in the distant universe. The object is known as LAB-1. LAB stands for Lyman Alpha Blob. It’s a huge smudge of light in the night...

Black hole hidden within its own exhaust

Almost every galaxy in the Universe has a massive black hole in its core. With its gravity, the black hole sucks in material from its surroundings. It gobbles up clouds of gas and dust, and maybe even complete stars. The black hole’s ‘food’ first piles up in a thin,...

Surprise: ALMA finds lots of gas around heftier stars

Morning fog disappears when the sun rises. Can you imagine what happens when the sun would be much hotter and brighter? The fog will disappear much sooner, of course. Astronomers believed that the same would be true for newborn stars. They are often surrounded by disks of dust and...

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